We report two experiments supporting the theory that children's understanding of ownership
rights is related to their notions of body rights. Experiment 1 investigated 4-to 7-year-olds'(N=
123) developing sensitivity to physical contact in their judgments about the acceptability of
behaving in relation to owned objects and body parts. Experiment 2 used a simpler design
to investigate this in 3-and 4-year-olds (N= 112). Findings confirmed two predictions of the
theory. First, in both experiments, children's judgments about ownership and body rights …