Causal Learning in Children (PDF)

D.M. Sobel and C.H. Legare (2014). WIREs Cognitive Science. DOI: 10.1002/wcs.1291.

Selective Effects of Explanation on Learning During Early Childhood (PDF)

C.H. Legare and T. Lombrozo (2014). Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 126, 198-212.

Year: 2014, Sector: Child Development, Sector: EducationScienceSitesJune 18, 2021

The Contributions of Explanation and Exploration to Children’s Scientific Reasoning (PDF)

C.H. Legare (2014). Child Development Perspectives, 8, 101-106.

Task-Specific Effects of Ostracism on Imitative Fidelity in Early Childhood (PDF)

R.E. Watson-Jones, C.H. Legare, H. Whitehouse, and J.M. Clegg (2014). Evolution and Human Behavior, 35, 204-210.

Year: 2014, Sector: Child DevelopmentScienceSitesJune 18, 2021

Searching for Control: Priming Randomness Increases the Evaluation of Ritual Efficacy (PDF)

C.H. Legare and A. Souza (2014). Cognitive Science, 38, 152-161.

Year: 2014, Sector: Cognitive ScienceScienceSitesJune 18, 2021

Examining Explanatory Biases in Young Children’s Biological Reasoning (PDF)

C.H. Legare and S.A. Gelman (2014). Journal of Cognition and Development, 15, 287-303.

Stick to the Script: The Effect of Witnessing Multiple Actors on Children’s Imitation (PDF)

P.A. Herrmann, C.H. Legare, P.L. Harris, and H. Whitehouse (2013). Cognition, 129, 536-543.

Year: 2013, Sector: Child DevelopmentScienceSitesJune 18, 2021

Social Cognitive Development: Learning From Others (book chapter) [PDF]

G.D. Heyman and C.H. Legare (2013). In D. E. Carlston (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Social Cognition. (pp. 749-766). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Examining Biological Explanations in Chinese Preschool Children: A Cross-Cultural Comparison (PDF)

C.H. Legare, L. Zhu, and H. Wellman (2013). Journal of Cognition and Culture, 13, 67-93.

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

Cognitive Consequences and Constraints on Reasoning About Ritual (PDF)

C.H. Legare and P.A. Herrmann (2013). Religion, Brain and Behavior, 3, 63-65.

Year: 2013, Sector: Cognitive ScienceScienceSitesJune 18, 2021

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

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