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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.
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2016 Conceptual Development Lab 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.
Dr. Gelman’s research on Essentialist Thinking cited in “The political argument we need to stop having right now”
Dr. Gelman honored with a Distinguished University Professorship
Living Lab featured in Michigan News!
The Conceptual Development Lab, pairs with museums in the community so that the community may learn more about research, and the lab is able to get more participants. Recently Michigan News covered the story and discussed our research-museum partnership.