2019-2020 Newsletter
Every year, we like to create a newsletter to share with the families and organizations who help us conduct our research. Here you can find the most recent edition of the CDL Newsletter!
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The 2018-2019 Newsletter
Each year, our lab creates a newsletter summarizing the new things we’ve learned about children’s early development. Here, you can find our most recent newsletter, as well as previous editions, describing our current and recently completed projects.
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Our 2018-2019 Newsletter is officially out! We hope you enjoy reading this, just as much as we enjoyed making it. Didn’t receive a Newsletter? Contact us and we would be happy to add you to our mailing list!
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CDL in the News
Welcome to CDL in the News! This is where you will find our studies covered in all different places. Enjoy!
The Wall Street Journal, September 4 2018
Is your child a spendthrift or a tightwad? Check out coverage of our study in the Wall Street Journal to learn more (linked in the title)! A special shout out to Dr. Margaret Echelbarger, Dr. Scott Rick, Dr. Craig Smith and Dr. Susan Gelman.
The 2017 Newsletter
Check out the 2017 Conceptual Development Lab Newsletter by clicking the picture below!
Young children unconcerned about digital tracking by strangers
“A new University of Michigan study suggests that when it comes to digital privacy, children often do not see the negative consequences of someone tracking items belonging to someone else.”
https://record.umich.edu/articles/young-children-unconcerned-about-digital-tracking-strangers
It’s really about me, not ‘you’
Ariana Orvell is featured in this article in EurekAlert, discussing how some people use “you” instead of “I” when discussing personal experiences, as a way of normalizing the experiences and reflecting on them from a distance.
Orvell, A., Kross, E., & Gelman, S. A. (2017). How “you” makes meaning. Science, 355(6331), 1299-1302. DOI: 10.1126/science.aaj2014
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-03/uom-ira031717.php
Newsletters
Each year, our lab creates a newsletter summarizing the new things we’ve learned about children’s early development. Here, you can find our most recent newsletter, as well as previous editions, describing our current and recently completed projects.
If you would like to receive our newsletters in your inbox or mailbox, feel free to contact us so we can add you to our mailing list!
Check out the covers of our newsletters, dating back to 2009! You can click any of the covers to read the full newsletter!
The 2016 Newsletter
CDL visits the Ann Arbor Hands on Museum
Our own Merranda McLaughlin, lab manager of the Conceptual Development Lab, was featured on the University of Michigan home page. She is talking to a child that is participating in a study at the Living Lab site at the Ann Arbor Hands on Museum.
Can white kids grow up to be black? Some preschoolers think so
The University Record article, “Can white kids grow up to be black? Some preschoolers think so” discusses Steven Othello Roberts and Susan Gelman’s article in Developmental Psychology on whether preschoolers think that race is stable.