Brandon Goulding, University of Winnipeg

Research

cognitive development developmental psychology cognitive science conceptual development extraordinary events heuristics modal reasoning possibility

Latest funding

The role of testimony in children's developing intuitions about knowledge, belief, and epistemic responsibility
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$53,854
Heuristics for inferring possibility: Exploring how children reason about unlikely events
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$66,000
Heuristics for inferring possibility: Exploring how children reason about unlikely events
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$12,500

All 3 grants and awards

The role of testimony in children's developing intuitions about knowledge, belief, and epistemic responsibility

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Goulding, Brandon

Keywords: developmental psychology; child development; cognitive development; social cognition; social learning; testimony; knowledge; belief; folk epistemology; epistemic responsibility

$53,854

Heuristics for inferring possibility: Exploring how children reason about unlikely events

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Goulding, Brandon

Keywords: cognitive science; developmental psychology; cognitive development; conceptual development; thinking and reasoning; heuristics; possibility; modal reasoning; extraordinary events; probability

$66,000

Heuristics for inferring possibility: Exploring how children reason about unlikely events

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Goulding, Brandon

$12,500

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: cognitive development Dear Professor Goulding, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on cognitive development connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "The role of testimony in children's developing intuitions about knowledge, belief, and epistemic responsibility" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]