Elizabeth

Lapidow


See the Science

Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

where should you search for what you’ve never seen?

Children Use Abstract Information to Decide Where to Search

Watch the Talk: (BCCCD Conference, 2021)

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Read the paper:

Lapidow, E., Goddu, M. K., & Walker, C. M. (2022). Reasoning From Samples To Populations; Children Use Variability Information To Predict Novel Outcomes. Proceedings Of The 44th Annual Conference Of The Cognitive Science Society. [ PDF ]

Do Children Know when they don’t know?

Exploration Decisions & Confidence Judgements under Uncertainty

Watch the Talk: (Cognitive Science Society Conference, July 2020)

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Read the paper:

Lapidow, E., Killeen, I., & Walker, C. M. (2022). Learning to recognize uncertainty vs. recognizing uncertainty to learn: Confidence judgments and exploration decisions in preschoolers. Developmental Science, 00, 1-8. [ PDF ]


Are Children Good or Bad Scientists?

Revisiting the Evidence for Errors in Scientific Reasoning

Watch the Talk: (Cognitive Science Society Conference, July 2022)

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Read the paper:

Lapidow, E. & Walker, C. M. (2022). Learners’ Causal Intuitions Explain Behavior In Control Of Variables Tasks. Developmental Psychology. Advance Online Publication. [ PDF ]