Results for "fantasy"

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

Jacqueline D Woolley

Affiliated Departments:
Psychology
Research Interests:

My research addresses how children and adults make the distinction between fantasy and reality. A number of our studies investigate how children make reality status judgments when they encounter novel information. We…