We are a child development research group at the University of Toronto, under the direction of Prof. Patricia Ganea.
Joined April 2014
- Tweets 599
- Following 500
- Followers 912
- Likes 1,889
47 Photos and videos
Pinned Tweet
27 Nov 2019
Some highlights of the research that's happening in our lab right now!
1
11
2 Nov 2022
Introduction to the special issue in Phil Trans B on Thinking about possibilities by Jonathan Redshaw and Patricia Ganea. Check it out for integrative summary of the issue and open questions.
doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2021.03…
3
Language&LearningLab retweeted
1 Nov 2022
A new special issue in Phil Trans B takes aim at one of the most fascinating aspects of the mind: the ability to think about possibilities.
What might happen next? What might have happened but didn't? How do we get to grips with possible worlds?
A thread 🧵...
2
33
76
Language&LearningLab retweeted
31 Oct 2022
Paper is part of the #PhilTransB theme issue “Thinking about possibilities: mechanisms, ontogeny, functions and phylogeny” royalsocietypublishing.org/t…. Special thanks to Jonathan Redshaw and Patricia Ganea @LangLearn_TO for editing and @NSERC_CRSNG and @SSHRC_CRSH for funding (5/5).
1
5
Language&LearningLab retweeted
31 Oct 2022
Our review paper “Language as a mechanism for reasoning about possibilities” is out 🎉. w. Patricia Ganea @LangLearn_TO royalsocietypublishing.org/d… a 🧵(1/n)
1
4
8
Language&LearningLab retweeted
31 Oct 2022
Today's #PhilTransB theme issue explores our capacity to imagine different possibilities; how this ability develops, what it enables, and how it evolved. ow.ly/iWSb50Lj131 @UQPsych @LangLearn_TO
5
8
Language&LearningLab retweeted
11 Oct 2022
My new post is about Growth Mindset, and how the claims about it have diminished over time. Is this the fabled “decline effect”? And what does it have to do with Gerry Adams? stuartritchie.substack.com/p…
16
84
252
7 Jul 2022
We have an open postdoctoral position in our lab. The projects will focus on the role of language in counterfactual reasoning and the relation between counterfactual and scientific reasoning skills. Retweet please and DM if interested.
10
17
Language&LearningLab retweeted
Strouse, G. A., & Ganea, P. A. (2021). Learning to learn from video? 30-month-olds benefit from continued use of supportive scaffolding. Infant Behavior and Development, 64, 101574. doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.202…
@GabStrouse @LangLearn_TO
24/n🧵
1
1
1
Language&LearningLab retweeted
🚨Now available📢 Special Issue on digital media & children under 3 yrs of age, which I guest edited (w/ Martha Arterberry @ColbyChildDev) at Infant Behavior & Development. We hope it will inspire new questions & innovations in this field.
THREAD of 25 papers, please RT!
1/n🧵
1
15
39
Language&LearningLab retweeted
IT'S HERE! Please take a look at our new open-access PNAS paper, “Gender stereotypes about interests start early and cause gender disparities in computer science and engineering”! (1/n) pnas.org/content/118/48/e210…
21
113
434
Language&LearningLab retweeted
19 Aug 2021
Are you rushing to finish your syllabus? Consider adding some growth mindset language!
Our new paper out this week in SPPS shows that faculty who signal a growth mindset about ability narrow gender gaps in STEM. Here's what we found: 1/
tinyurl.com/6zfyp4s4
ALT Photo of paper's abstract
12
131
442
Language&LearningLab retweeted
19 Aug 2021
#UofT engineering & life sciences students to test how changes in gravity affect human genetics 🚀 uoft.me/6-a
10
45
Language&LearningLab retweeted
👏Congratulations to Dr. Patricia Ganea on being promoted to Professor! Professor Ganea is an internationally recognized researcher on children’s early cognitive development, with a focus on the social, linguistic and representational factors that influence children’s learning.
ALT Professor Ganea
3
1
27
Language&LearningLab retweeted
15 Jul 2021
Amazing. Researchers at @UCSF have developed a device that interprets neural signals meant to control the vocal tract, translate them into text, displayed on a screen; a paralyzed person can thus speak. 50 words so far. ucsf.edu/news/2021/07/420946…
17
56
28 Jun 2021
From a presentation that our lovely research assistant, Emily, put together about her experience in developmental psychology and our lab.
Thank you to the staff and students at North West Year Round Alternative School for giving us the opportunity to share our love for research!
1
2
13 May 2021
📢Call for Ontario elementary teachers for a short survey!📢
1
Language&LearningLab retweeted
4 Mar 2021
A world of pure imagination: @Ori_Friedman highlights this paper by @angelanyh & @LangLearn_TO on the development of #counterfactualreasoning and the age at which this ability for what if #imagination is first shown by #children facultyopinions.com/prime/73…
1
3
1
Language&LearningLab retweeted
28 Feb 2021
When kids ask for help, should you give them the answer right away, or is that robbing them of the pleasure of figuring it out on their own, and building resilience? What's the right mix of support and challenge? My take in @latimesopinion latimes.com/opinion/story/20…
9
50
130
Language&LearningLab retweeted
5 Feb 2021
Not teaching it in teacher prep isn't enough...need to explain why it's not right, why it seems right, and offer better ways of thinking about student variation.
digest.bps.org.uk/2021/02/04…
15
169
396