Anthropomorphizing Science: How Does It Affect the Development of Evolutionary Concepts? (PDF)

C.H. Legare, J. Lane, and E.M. Evans (2013). Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 59, 168-197.

Year: 2013, Sector: Child Development, Sector: EducationScienceSitesJune 18, 2021

The Use of Questions as Problem-Solving Strategies During Early Childhood (PDF)

C.H. Legare, C.M. Mills, A.L. Souza, L.E. Plummer, and R. Yasskin (2013). Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 114, 63-76.

Year: 2013, Sector: Child Development, Sector: EducationScienceSitesJune 18, 2021

Evaluating Ritual Efficacy: Evidence From the Supernatural (PDF)

C.H. Legare and A. Souza (2012). Cognition, 124, 1-15.

Year: 2012, Sector: Cognitive ScienceScienceSitesJune 18, 2021

The Coexistence of Natural and Supernatural Explanations Across Cultures and Development (PDF)

C.H. Legare, E.M. Evans, K.S. Rosengren, and P.L. Harris (2012). Child Development, 83, 779-793.

Year: 2012, Sector: Child Development, Sector: Cognitive ScienceScienceSitesJune 18, 2021

Determining Who to Question, What to Ask, and How Much Information to Ask for: The Development of Inquiry in Young Children (PDF)

C.M. Mills, C.H. Legare, M. Grant, and A.R. Landrum (2011). Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 110, 539-560.

Year: 2011, Sector: Child Development, Sector: EducationScienceSitesJune 14, 2021

Concepts and Folk Theories (PDF)

S.A. Gelman and C.H. Legare (2011). Annual Review of Anthropology, 40, 379-398.

Between Religion and Science: Integrating Psychological and Philosophical Accounts of Explanatory Coexistence (PDF)

C.H. Legare and A. Visala (2011). Human Development, 54, 169-184.

Year: 2011, Sector: Cognitive ScienceScienceSitesJune 14, 2021

The Role of Testimony in the Evaluation of Religious Expertise (PDF)

A. Souza and C.H. Legare (2011). Religion, Brain, and Behavior, 2, 1-8.

Year: 2011, Sector: Cognitive ScienceScienceSitesJune 14, 2021

Investigating the Links Between the Subcomponents of Executive Function and Academic Achievement: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Chinese and American Preschoolers (PDF)

X. Lan, C.H. Legare, C. Ponitz, and F. Morrison (2011). Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 108, 677-692.

Inconsistency With Prior Knowledge Triggers Children’s Causal Explanatory Reasoning (PDF)

C.H. Legare, S.A. Gelman, and H.M. Wellman (2010). Child Development, 81, 929-944.

Year: 2010, Sector: Child Development, Sector: Cognitive ScienceScienceSitesJune 14, 2021

Engaging Multiple Epistemologies: Implications for Science Education (book chapter) [PDF]

E.M. Evans, C.H. Legare, and K. Rosengren (2010). In M. Ferrari & R. Taylor (Eds.) Epistemology and Science Education: Understanding the Evolution vs. Intelligent Design Controversy (pp. 111-139). New York, NY: Routledge.

Year: 2010, Sector: Child Development, Sector: EducationScienceSitesJune 14, 2021

Preschoolers Use Questions as a Tool to Acquire Knowledge From Different Sources (PDF)

C. Mills, C.H. Legare, M. Bills, and C. Mejias (2010). Journal of Cognition and Development, 11, 533-560.

Sector: Child Development, Sector: EducationScienceSitesJune 14, 2021

South African Children’s Understanding of AIDS and Flu: Investigating Conceptual Understanding of Cause, Treatment, and Prevention (PDF)

C.H. Legare and S.A. Gelman (2009). Journal of Cognition and Culture, 9, 357–370.

Evidence for an Explanation Advantage in Naïve Biological Reasoning (PDF)

C.H. Legare, H.M. Wellman, and S.A. Gelman (2009). Cognitive Psychology, 58, 177-194.

Bewitchment, Biology, or Both: The Co-Existence of Natural and Supernatural Explanatory Frameworks Across Development (PDF)

C.H. Legare and S.A. Gelman (2008). Cognitive Science, 32, 607-642.

Psychological Essentialism and Cultural Variation: Children’s Beliefs About Aggression in the United States and South Africa (PDF)

J. Giles, C.H. Legare, and J. Samson (2008). Infant and Child Development, 17, 137-150.

Year: 2008, Sector: Child DevelopmentScienceSitesJune 14, 2021

Developmental Changes in the Coherence of Essentialist Beliefs About Psychological Characteristics (PDF)

S.A. Gelman, G.D. Heyman, and C.H. Legare (2007). Child Development, 78, 757-774.

Year: 2007, Sector: Child DevelopmentScienceSitesJune 14, 2021

Children’s Evaluation of Sources of Information About Traits (PDF)

G. Heyman and C.H. Legare (2005). Developmental Psychology, 41, 636-647.

Year: 2005, Sector: Child DevelopmentScienceSitesJune 14, 2021

Children’s Beliefs About Gender Differences in the Academic and Social Domains (PDF)

G. Heyman and C.H. Legare (2004). Sex Roles, 50, 227-240.

Year: 2004, Sector: Child Development, Sector: EducationScienceSitesJune 14, 2021

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