Social-Cognitive Development Lab at Brock University

Social-Cognitive Development Lab at Brock University We study social and cognitive factors that influence our behaviors across the lifespan.

Our research considers the influence of children's social and cognitive development on their moral understanding and behaviour. More specifically, we are interested in learning more about children’s honest and deceptive behaviour. We hope to find out more about children's understanding of deception and their actual deceptive behaviours. Additionally, we are interested in cultural factors that may

influence children's understanding and evaluation of lies in different contexts, as well as their actual lie-telling behaviours. Our research also examines issues related to child eyewitness testimony such as children's competency, credibility, and our ability to detect their lies. As a result, our findings are important to parents, teachers, social workers and legal professionals.

We are starting a new online study examining 5-10 year-olds memory for conversations. This study is being run by our Pos...
06/14/2024

We are starting a new online study examining 5-10 year-olds memory for conversations. This study is being run by our Postdoctoral Fellow Becky Earhart!
The study takes approximately 45 minutes to complete and involves answering questions about conversations and completing computer-based games about your child's thinking.
If you are interested in participating send us a message on Facebook or email us at [email protected]

We are starting a new online study examining 11-13 year-olds memory for conversations. This study is being run by our Po...
08/03/2023

We are starting a new online study examining 11-13 year-olds memory for conversations. This study is being run by our Postdoctoral Fellow Becky Earhart!

The study takes approximately 45 minutes to complete and involves answering questions about conversations and completing computer-based games about your child's thinking. If you are interested in participating send us a message on Facebook or email us at [email protected]

Congratulations to Vanessa Turchio on successfully defending her Master's thesis examining moral evaluations of children...
07/18/2023

Congratulations to Vanessa Turchio on successfully defending her Master's thesis examining moral evaluations of children's blunt truths and prosocial lies!

Congratulations to Dr. Victoria Dykstra who recently successfully defended her dissertation examining honesty during ado...
07/18/2023

Congratulations to Dr. Victoria Dykstra who recently successfully defended her dissertation examining honesty during adolescence. Dr. Dykstra will be leaving our lab later this summer to pursue a SSHRC funded Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of California Irvine!

Calling all 13 to 17 year-olds! Earn a $20 gift card or 5 hours of community service by completing daily surveys about y...
11/21/2022

Calling all 13 to 17 year-olds! Earn a $20 gift card or 5 hours of community service by completing daily surveys about your lie-telling for one week (Parental consent required to participate)

Last month we bid a sad farewell to our previous Lab Manager Hannah St. George (see image below). Hannah departed the la...
10/02/2022

Last month we bid a sad farewell to our previous Lab Manager Hannah St. George (see image below). Hannah departed the lab to pursue other opportunities upon completion of her undergraduate psychology degree, and is currently working as a community support worker. Hannah was with the lab since 2020, acting as Lab Manager for the past year. We are immensely grateful for Hannah's contribution to our research. Her strong leadership, dedication to the lab, and joyful presence will be missed. While we are sad to see her go, we wish Hannah all the best in her future pursuits and know she will do great things!

Thank you Hannah St. George !

Calling all 11 & 12 year-olds! We have a new study for you!
09/27/2022

Calling all 11 & 12 year-olds! We have a new study for you!

🎉Congratulations to Dr. Breanne Wylie and Dr. Alison O’Connor on successfully defending their dissertations. Breanne (l...
06/26/2022

🎉Congratulations to Dr. Breanne Wylie and Dr. Alison O’Connor on successfully defending their dissertations.

Breanne (left) will be moving on to her next steps as a Postdoctoral Fellow and Alison (right) will be a faculty member at Mount Allison University!

The Social-Cognitive Development Lab could not be more proud or excited for your next adventures.

🗣 We are looking for 9 & 10-year-olds to participate in our virtual study!To learn more you can email us at brock.scdlab...
06/23/2022

🗣 We are looking for 9 & 10-year-olds to participate in our virtual study!

To learn more you can email us at [email protected] or you can message us here on Facebook .

✨If you have friends or family with children in this age range, please share this post! ✨

🗣 We are looking for male adults aged 31 to 59 to participate in our Exploring Everyday Lies Study! If you are intereste...
06/21/2022

🗣 We are looking for male adults aged 31 to 59 to participate in our Exploring Everyday Lies Study!

If you are interested in learning more, you can email us at [email protected] or you can message us here on Facebook .

If you have friends or family in this age range, please share this post!

Fun Memory Game to Play with Kids!This easy and fun memory game tests childrens’ short-term memory and teaches them simp...
06/18/2022

Fun Memory Game to Play with Kids!

This easy and fun memory game tests childrens’ short-term memory and teaches them simple but useful strategies for improving short term memory.

The game can be played between parents/guardians and their children, or between siblings!

Acquiescence rates to questions with multiple implied meanings about coaching was influenced by child age, parental supp...
06/03/2022

Acquiescence rates to questions with multiple implied meanings about coaching was influenced by child age, parental support (the Mom believed the child), and the subtlety of the question. With increased theory of mind children were less likely to acquiesce.

Click here to reach the full abstract: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0193397321001337

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