Projects & Interests
Do preschoolers think robots have mechanical or biological insides?
Do infants expect a bystander to help?
Do children think robots have feelings?
Do preschoolers think robots have mechanical or biological insides?
Recent Publications
2024
Goldman, E.J., & Poulin-Dubois, D. (2024) Children’s anthropomorphism of social agents. WIREs Cognitive Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcs.1676
2023
Baumann, A.-E., Goldman, E. J., Minuche M., & Poulin-Dubois, D. (2023). Do preschoolers trust a competent human pointer. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 238, 105783. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2023.105783
2023
Baumann, A.-E., Goldman, E. J., Meltzer, A., & Poulin-Dubois, D. (2023). People Do Not Always Know Best: Preschoolers’ Trust in Social Robots. Journal of Cognition and Development, 1–28. https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178435
2023
Goldman, E. J., Baumann, A.-E., & Poulin-Dubois, D. (2023). Preschoolers’ anthropomorphizing of robots: Do human-like properties matter? Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1102370
2023
Poulin-Dubois, D., Goldman, E. J., Meltzer, A., & Psaradellis, E. (2023). Discontinuity from implicit to explicit theory of mind from infancy to preschool age. Cognitive Development, 65, 101273. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2022.101273
2023
Poulin-Dubois, D., & Goldman, E. J. (2023). Is false belief understanding stable from infancy to childhood? We don’t know yet. Cognitive Development, 66, 101309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2023.101309
2023
Goldman, E.J., Baumann, A-E., & Poulin-Dubois, D. Of Children and Social Robots. Behavioral and Brain Sciences.46, E35. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X22001583
2022
Duh, S., Goldman, E.J., & Wang, S. (2022). The role of intentionality in infants’ predictions of helping and hindering. Journal of Cognition and Development.
2020
Antovich, D., Gluck, S., Goldman, E. J., & Graf-Estes, K. Specificity of
representations in infants’ visual statistical learning. Journal of
Experimental Child Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2019.104772
2019
Duval, J., Marquez Segura, E., Goldman, E.J., Wang, S.-H., & Kurniawan, S. Using connected learning design principles to further co-create a critical speech therapy game. Proceedings of the Connected Learning Summit, 31-38.
2019
Goldman, E. J., & Wang, S.-h. Comparison facilitates the use of height information by 5-month-olds in containment events. Developmental Psychology, 55(12), 2475–2482. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000823
2017
Duval, J., Rubin, Z., Goldman, E.J, Antrilli, N., Zhang, Y., Wang, S.-h., &
Kurniawan, S. Designing towards maximum motivation and engagement in an interactive speech therapy game. Proceedings of the Conference on Interaction Design and Children, 589–594. https://doi.org/10.1145/3078072.3084329
Other Works
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Videos
A 5-minute research presentation about whether children will help a robot.
Our work in the news! A 5-minute interview about preschoolers' preference for robots over humans.
Quick review of tips and strategies for safe social media use.
Quick review of how to support people who have been through traumatic experiences.
Quick review of how to create an after-school program for children.
A 3-minute summary of research about how children collaborate on tasks.