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Cristina Atance

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Cristina Atance

Professor

Psychology

Faculty of Social Sciences

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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No publications on record.
Principal investigator on 7 research grants (5 NSERC, 2 SSHRC), most recently in 2022.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2009.

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Tracking the Development of Episodic Future Thinking During Early to Middle Childhood
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$141,000
The ROSie app: A novel, mobile computing device application to support developmental psychology recruitment, outreach, and studies.
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$237,970
Fathers' and mothers' playful parenting in the preschool years : Associations with children's socio-affective, socio-cognitive, and selective learning abilities
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$280,950

All 11 grants and awards

Tracking the Development of Episodic Future Thinking During Early to Middle Childhood

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Atance, Cristina

Keywords: memory and cognition; cognitive development; reasoning; episodic future thinking; conceptual development; decision-making

$141,000

The ROSie app: A novel, mobile computing device application to support developmental psychology recruitment, outreach, and studies.

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021New Frontiers in Research Fund - Special Call

Principal investigators: Sommerville, Jessica

Keywords: developmental psychology cognitive development unmoderated testing recruitment outreach methods

$237,970

Fathers' and mothers' playful parenting in the preschool years : Associations with children's socio-affective, socio-cognitive, and selective learning abilities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Bureau, Jean-François

Keywords: playful parenting; soio-affective development; socio-cognitive development; selective learning; attachment; social adaptation; preschool period; parental sensitivity; co-parenting; longitudinal study; fatherhood; motherhood; parent-child relationships

$280,950

How do perspective and social distance affect young children's future-oriented thinking

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Atance, Cristina

Keywords: development; future thinking; social distance; perspective-taking; theory of mind; executive functioning

$211,966

On-line and implicit measurements of language and cognitive processing in children

Co-investigatorNSERC2016Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Fennell, Christopher

$111,119

Cognitive factors that impact the development of episodic future thinking

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Atance, Cristina

$231,000

The Relation between Future Thinking, Theory of Mind, and Executive Function Skills in Typically-Developing Children and Children with Autism

SupervisorCIHR2009Doctoral Award - Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Hanson, Laura K

Keywords: Autism; Child Development; Executive Function; Future Thinking; Mental Health; Theory Of Mind

$70,000

The development of future-oriented behaviour during the preschool years

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Atance, Cristina

$125,000

The impact of different types of causes and facilitative factors on preschoolers' explanations of the actions of self and other

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Atance, Cristina

Keywords: social-cognitive development; theory of mind; causal reasoning; action explanation

$91,707

Future thinking in preschoolers

Principal investigatorNSERC2004Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Atance, Cristina

$12,580

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

Profile data last refreshed on September 26, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.

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