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The Development of Children's Causal Explanations (book chapter) [PDF]

C.H. Legare and J.M. Clegg (2015). In S. Robson and S. Quinn (Eds.), Routledge International Handbook on Young Children's Thinking and Understanding (pp. 65-74). Routledge.

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Year: 2015, Sector: Child Development, Sector: Cognitive ScienceScienceSitesJune 18, 2021
Imitative Flexibility and the Development of Cultural Learning (PDF)

C.H. Legare, N.J. Wen, P.A. Herrmann, and H. Whitehouse (2015). Cognition, 142, 351-361.

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Year: 2015, Sector: Child DevelopmentScienceSitesJune 18, 2021Ritual Community and Conflict
The Effects of Ritual on Social Group Cognition (PDF)

C.H. Legare and N.J. Wen (2014). ISSBD Bulletin, 66(2), 9-12.

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Year: 2014, Sector: Cognitive ScienceScienceSitesJune 18, 2021
Explaining Prompts Children to Privilege Inductively Rich Properties (PDF)

C. Walker, T. Lombrozo, C.H. Legare, and A. Gopnik (2014). Cognition, 133, 343-357.

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Year: 2014, Sector: Child Development, Sector: EducationScienceSitesJune 18, 2021
A Meaning-Based Approach to Humility: Relationship Affirmation Reduces Worldview Defense (PDF)

D.R. Van Tongeren, J.D. Green, T.L. Hulsey, C.H. Legare, D.G. Bromley, and A.M. Houtman (2014). Journal of Psychology & Theology, 42, 62-69.

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Year: 2014, Sector: Cognitive ScienceScienceSitesJune 18, 2021
Causal Learning in Children (PDF)

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

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Year: 2014, Sector: Child Development, Sector: EducationScienceSitesJune 18, 2021Explaining Exploring and Scientific Reasoning in Museum Settings
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.

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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.

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Year: 2014, Sector: Child Development, Sector: Cognitive Science, Sector: EducationScienceSitesJune 18, 2021The Coexistence of Scientific and Religious Explanations Across Cultures and Development, Explaining Exploring and Scientific Reasoning in Museum Settings
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.

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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.

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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.

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Year: 2014, Sector: Child Development, Sector: Cognitive Science, Sector: EducationScienceSitesJune 18, 2021
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.

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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.

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Year: 2013, Sector: Child Development, Sector: Cognitive Science, Sector: EducationScienceSitesJune 18, 2021
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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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