Results for "children"

Projects

Children's reasoning about fantasy and reality; superstitious and pseudoscientific beliefs.

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Description:

We study children's understanding of the fantasy/reality distinction, their use of supernatural explanations, and their beliefs in superstition and pseudoscience.

Faculty

Yolanda Padilla

Affiliated Departments:
Center for Mexican American Studies, Center for Women's and Gender Studies, Population Research Center, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, School of Social Work, School of Undergraduate Studies
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Dr. Padilla investigates racial and ethnic disparities in health and well-being in the United States, particularly among Latino populations. Her research examines the consequences of poverty for Latino children and…

Keryn Pasch

Affiliated Departments:
Kinesiology & Health Education
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My research interests include the influence of marketing on health behaviors as well as the co-occurence of health behaviors among youth and young adults including substance use, obesity-related behaviors, caffeine,…

Elizabeth Pomeroy

Affiliated Departments:
School of Social Work
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clinical social work courses with a focus on mental health, health and children and families; HIV/AIDS interventions; crime victims; interventions for offenders in the criminal justice system; and clinical social…

William Qubty

Affiliated Departments:
Dell Medical School
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Dr. William Qubty, M.D., is assistant professor in the Department of Neurology. Dr. Qubty is a board-certified Child Neurologist and headache specialist. Dr. Qubty’s interests include finding new and safe migraine…

David G Quinto-Pozos

Affiliated Departments:
Linguistics, Communications Sciences and Disorders
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Signed languages, Language contact, Signed language disorders, Language and gesture, Signed-spoken language interpretation

Lynn Rew

Affiliated Departments:
Center for Women's and Gender Studies, School of Nursing
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Sexual health of adolescents
Health behaviors of adolescents
Homeless youth
Transgender children and adolescents

Pedro Reyes

Affiliated Departments:
Center for Mexican American Studies, Mexican American and Latina/o Studies, Population Research Center, College of Education, Educational Leadership and Policy, Educational Psychology, LBJ School of Public Affairs
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Professor Reyes is the Director of the UT-Austin Education Research Center which is a virtual research center dedicated to helping state policymakers evaluate or analyze education policies. As a social scientist, Dr…

Loriene Roy

Affiliated Departments:
Center for Women's and Gender Studies, Curriculum and Instruction, School of Information
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