Imagination is a cognitive process used to generate new ideas from old, not just in the
service of creativity and fantasy, but also in our ordinary thoughts about alternatives to …

Young children, unlike adults, deny that improbable events can happen. We test two
accounts explaining this developmental shift. The development= reflection account posits …

Young children tend to deny the possibility of events that violate their expectations, including
events that are merely improbable, like making onion-flavored ice cream or owning a …

Children often say that strange and improbable events, like eating pickle‐flavored ice cream,
are impossible. Two experiments explored whether these beliefs are explained by limits in …

El presente artículo realiza un análisis teórico del concepto de imaginación desde la
psicología del desarrollo, señalando sus vínculos con la creatividad. La imaginación es …

Children can be unduly skeptical of events that violate their expectations, claiming that these
events neither could happen nor should happen even if the events violate no physical or …

No one has ever performed a successful brain transplant or traveled the Milky Way, but
people often see these events as within the realm of possibility. Across six preregistered …

In this study, we ask whether consensus testimony affects children's judgments of the
possibility of improbable and impossible events. Fifty-six US and Chinese 8-year-olds made …

People see some impossible events as more impossible than others. For example, walking
through a solid wall seems more impossible if it is made of stone rather than wood. Across …

Although stories for children often feature supernatural and fantastical events, children
themselves often prefer realistic events when choosing what should happen in a story. In …