Faculty profile
Samuel Ronfard
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Latest funding
- $87,532
Children's Understanding of Intrusive Thoughts: Triggers, Recognition, and Regulation
SSHRC · 2026 · Principal investigator
- $96,216
But why? Development and individual differences in young children's ability to ask informative questions
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
- $92,016
But why? Development and individual differences in young children's ability to ask informative questions
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
No publications available.
Children's Understanding of Intrusive Thoughts: Triggers, Recognition, and Regulation
Principal investigators: Ronfard, Samuel
But why? Development and individual differences in young children's ability to ask informative questions
Principal investigators: Ronfard, Samuel
Keywords: social learning; cognitive development; information seeking; active learning; parenting practices and socialization
But why? Development and individual differences in young children's ability to ask informative questions
Principal investigators: Ronfard, Samuel
Keywords: social learning; cognitive development; information seeking; active learning; parenting practices and socialization
Cognitive processes underlying the development of possibility judgements about improbable events: Studies with children and adults
Principal investigators: Ronfard, Samuel
Keywords: causality; possibility; extraordinary events; conceptual development; cognitive development
Cognitive processes underlying the development of possibility judgements about improbable events: Studies with children and adults
Principal investigators: Ronfard, Samuel
Do young children verify adult claims or do they acquiesce to what they have been told?
Principal investigators: Ronfard, Samuel
Keywords: (1) Cognitive Development; (2) Learning; (3) Reasoning; (4) Science Education
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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Profile data last refreshed on September 26, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.