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Latest papers
Prosocial lie-telling in preschoolers: The impacts of ethnic background, parental factors, and perceived consequence for the partner.
Frontiers in psychology · 2023 · senior author
The evolutionary significance of pretend play: Two-year-olds' interpretation of behavioral cues.
Learning & behavior · 2017 · first author
Preschoolers' credulity toward misinformation from ingroup versus outgroup speakers.
Journal of experimental child psychology · 2016 · senior author
Latest funding
- $156,000
A developmental approach to the effects of scarcity on judgment and decision-making
NSERC · 2014 · Principal investigator
- $47,812
The role of gossip in children's selective learning from others
SSHRC · 2012 · Principal investigator
7 publications.
Prosocial lie-telling in preschoolers: The impacts of ethnic background, parental factors, and perceived consequence for the partner.
Dobrin-De Grace R, Ma L
The evolutionary significance of pretend play: Two-year-olds' interpretation of behavioral cues.
Ma L, Lillard AS
Preschoolers' credulity toward misinformation from ingroup versus outgroup speakers.
McDonald KP, Ma L
Dress Nicer = Know More? Young Children's Knowledge Attribution and Selective Learning Based on How Others Dress.
McDonald KP, Ma L
Preschoolers show less trust in physically disabled or obese informants.
Jaffer S, Ma L
Preverbal infants infer intentional agents from the perception of regularity.
Ma L, Xu F
Young children's learning and transfer of biological information from picture books to real animals.
Ganea PA, Ma L, Deloache JS
A developmental approach to the effects of scarcity on judgment and decision-making
Principal investigators: Ma, Lili
The role of gossip in children's selective learning from others
Principal investigators: Ma, Lili
Keywords: cultural learning; gossip; social communication; social perception; trust; social-cognitive development
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