Publications

2021
Leotti, L., Pochinki, N., Reis, D., Bonawitz, E., & LoBue, V. (2021). Learning about germs in a global pandemic: Children’s knowledge and avoidance of contagious illness before and after COVID-19. Cognitive Development , 59, 101090. Publisher's Version
Wilson, R. C., Bonawitz, E., Costa, V. D., & Ebitz, B. R. (2021). Balancing exploration and exploitation with information and randomization. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences , 38, 49–56 . Elsevier. Preprint Version
2020
Walker, C., Rett, A., & Bonawitz, E. (2020). Object design influences preschooler and adult’s relational causal inferences. Psychological Science.
Macias, C., & Bonawitz, E. (2020). Memory enhancement from surprise: Investigating threshold and incremental accounts. In Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Virtual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society . Cognitive Science Society.
Daubert, E. N., Yu, Y., Grados, M., Shafto, P., & Bonawitz, E. (2020). Pedagogical questions promote causal learning in preschoolers. Nature Scientific Reports , 10 (1), 1-8. Publisher's Version
Persaud, K., Bass, I., Colantonio, J., Macias, C., & Bonawitz, E. (2020). Opportunities and challenges integrating resource-rational analysis with developmental perspectives. Behavioral and Brain Sciences , 43, e18 . Cambridge University Press.
Walker, C. M., Rett, A., & Bonawitz, E. (2020). Design drives discovery in causal learning. Psychological science , 31 (2), 129–138 . SAGE Publications Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA.
Bonawitz, E., Shafto, P., Yu, Y., Gonzalez, A., & Bridgers, S. (2020). Children change their answers in response to neutral follow-up questions by a knowledgeable asker. Cognitive science , 44 (1), e12811 . Wiley Online Library.
Sheskin, M., Scott, K., Mills, C. M., Bergelson, E., Bonawitz, E., Spelke, E. S., Fei-Fei, L., et al. (2020). Online developmental science to foster innovation, access, and impact. Trends in Cognitive Sciences , 24 (9), 675–678 . Elsevier.
Begus, K., & Bonawitz, E. (2020). The rhythm of learning: Theta oscillations as an index of active learning in infancy. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience , 100810 . Elsevier.
Doan, T., Castro, A., Bonawitz, E., & Denison, S. (2020). “Wow, I did it!”: Unexpected success increases preschoolers’ exploratory play on a later task. Journal of Cognitive Development , 55, 100925 . Elsevier.
2019
Rett, A., Bonawitz, E., & Walker, C. (2019). The Design of the Learning Environment Shapes Preschoolers’ Causal Inference. In A. K. Goel, C. M. Seifert, & C. Freksa (Ed.), Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society . Montreal, QB, Cognitive Science Society.
Wang, J., & Bonawitz, E. (2019). Active information seeking using the Approximate Number System. In A. K. Goel, C. M. Seifert, & C. Freksa (Ed.), Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society . Montreal, QB: Cognitive Science Society.
Persaud, K., Macias, C., Hemmer, P., & Bonawitz, E. (2019). Age-Related Differences in the Influence of Category Expectations on Episodic Memory in Early Childhood. A. K. Goel, C. M. Seifert, & C. Freksa (Ed.), 41st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Publisher's Version
Wang, J., Yang, Y., Macias, C., & Bonawitz, E. (2019). Children with immature intuitive theories seek domain-relevant information. In 41st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society . Montreal, Canada.
Choi, K., Grados, M., & Bonawitz, E. (2019). Observing child-led exploration improves parents' causal inferences. In A. K. Goel, C. M. Seifert, & C. & Freksa (Ed.), Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society.
Jean, A., Daubert, E. N., Yu, Y., Shafto, P., & Bonawitz, E. (2019). Pedagogical Questions Empower Exploration. In A. K. Goel, C. M. Seifert, & C. Freksa (Ed.), Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society.
Bonawitz, E., Ullman, T. D., Bridgers, S., Gopnik, A., & Tenenbaum, J. B. (2019). Sticking to the Evidence? A Behavioral and Computational Case Study of Micro‐Theory Change in the Domain of Magnetism. Cognitive Science , 43 (8). Publisher's Version
Yu, Y., Bonawitz, E., & Shafto, P. (2019). Pedagogical questions in parent–child conversations. Child development , 90 (1), 147–161 . Wiley Online Library.
Bass, I., Gopnik, A., Hanson, M., Ramarajan, D., Shafto, P., Wellman, H., & Bonawitz, E. (2019). Children’s developing theory of mind and pedagogical evidence selection. Developmental psychology , 55 (2), 286 . American Psychological Association.

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