Edited by a diverse group of expert collaborators, the Handbook of the Cultural Foundations
of Learning is a landmark volume that brings together cutting-edge research examining …

Cultural transmission is the domain-general social skill that allows agents to acquire and
use information from each other in real-time with high fidelity and recall. It can be thought of …

Early childhood education is a field that includes practitioners in nursery schools,
elementary schools, Head Start centers, child care centers, family homes, and other …

Children show signs of intergroup biases from early in development, and evidence suggests
that these biases increase through middle childhood. Here we critically review and …

This chapter offers a framework for understanding human learning and psychological
development as situated within a system that entails dynamic interplay between …

Children's imitation of adults plays a prominent role in human cognitive development.
However, few studies have investigated how children represent the complex structure of …

We examined differences among children in their endorsement of an adult's claim, their
subsequent empirical investigation of that claim, and their resolution of any potential conflict …

Human instructors fluidly communicate with hand gestures, head and body movements, and
facial expressions, but robots rarely leverage these complementary cues. A minimally …

Previous research has demonstrated abnormal trust and deception behaviors in children
with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), and we aimed to examine whether these …

Social learning in the forms of imitative and contagious behaviors are essential for learning
abilities and social interaction. However, children with neurodevelopmental disorders and …