Katie McAuliffe
@katiemcauliffe.bsky.social
Cooperation, Morality, Justice, Norms, Evolution, Society, Culture, etc
bccooperationlab.com
bcvirtueproject.com
Associate Prof @ Psychology & Neuroscience, Boston College
bccooperationlab.com
bcvirtueproject.com
Associate Prof @ Psychology & Neuroscience, Boston College
Reposted by Katie McAuliffe
💰Economic inequality is on the rise, and children will bear its burden. Yet children’s perspectives are rarely considered. We urgently need research to understand economic inequality from children's perspectives. (1/4)
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February 13, 2026 at 1:29 PM
💰Economic inequality is on the rise, and children will bear its burden. Yet children’s perspectives are rarely considered. We urgently need research to understand economic inequality from children's perspectives. (1/4)
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📢 New Paper 🚨
Hadza food-sharing is egalitarian, yet offers in giving games have never matched the equitable redistribution seen in real life.
In this study, we allowed people to give *or* take. Lifelike equitable distributions only appeared when people took from peers in surplus.
bit.ly/4kvLOwA
Hadza food-sharing is egalitarian, yet offers in giving games have never matched the equitable redistribution seen in real life.
In this study, we allowed people to give *or* take. Lifelike equitable distributions only appeared when people took from peers in surplus.
bit.ly/4kvLOwA
The “I” in egalitarianism: Hadza hunter-gatherers averse to inequality primarily when personally unfavorable
Abstract. Many economists contend that humans have strong, universal, other-regarding equality preferences with deep evolutionary roots. Indeed, many hunte
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February 10, 2026 at 4:23 PM
📢 New Paper 🚨
Hadza food-sharing is egalitarian, yet offers in giving games have never matched the equitable redistribution seen in real life.
In this study, we allowed people to give *or* take. Lifelike equitable distributions only appeared when people took from peers in surplus.
bit.ly/4kvLOwA
Hadza food-sharing is egalitarian, yet offers in giving games have never matched the equitable redistribution seen in real life.
In this study, we allowed people to give *or* take. Lifelike equitable distributions only appeared when people took from peers in surplus.
bit.ly/4kvLOwA
Reposted by Katie McAuliffe
No matter where they live, kids cooperate according to their community’s social norms by middle childhood.
Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4r0Rxga
Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4r0Rxga
The emergence of cooperative behaviors, norms, and strategies across five diverse societies
Children’s cooperative behaviors and norms develop along distinct cultural pathways shaped by local norms.
scim.ag
February 6, 2026 at 7:45 PM
No matter where they live, kids cooperate according to their community’s social norms by middle childhood.
Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4r0Rxga
Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4r0Rxga
Reposted by Katie McAuliffe
Thrilled to share our latest paper, out now in Science Advances! We explored the development of cooperative behaviors — fairness, trustworthiness, forgiveness, & honesty — across five societies, culturally contextualizing them & seeing how they correlate. (1/5) www.science.org/doi/full/10....
February 7, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Thrilled to share our latest paper, out now in Science Advances! We explored the development of cooperative behaviors — fairness, trustworthiness, forgiveness, & honesty — across five societies, culturally contextualizing them & seeing how they correlate. (1/5) www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Very excited that this paper is out!
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Led by the fabulous @dorsaamir.bsky.social with invaluable contributions from many awesome collaborators.
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Led by the fabulous @dorsaamir.bsky.social with invaluable contributions from many awesome collaborators.
The emergence of cooperative behaviors, norms, and strategies across five diverse societies
Children’s cooperative behaviors and norms develop along distinct cultural pathways shaped by local norms.
www.science.org
February 6, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Very excited that this paper is out!
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Led by the fabulous @dorsaamir.bsky.social with invaluable contributions from many awesome collaborators.
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Led by the fabulous @dorsaamir.bsky.social with invaluable contributions from many awesome collaborators.
Reposted by Katie McAuliffe
Catch some of our Coop Lab members presenting about our latest work at the Society for Research in Child Development's biennial conference this weekend!
April 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Catch some of our Coop Lab members presenting about our latest work at the Society for Research in Child Development's biennial conference this weekend!
Reposted by Katie McAuliffe
🚨RT!
The Social & Cognitive Origins group at @jhuartssciences.bsky.social (social-cognitive-origins.com), directed by Dr. Christopher Krupenye, is recruiting a full-time research assistant or lab manager to begin Summer 2025. The position has a one-year minimum, w/ the possibility of extension. 1/
The Social & Cognitive Origins group at @jhuartssciences.bsky.social (social-cognitive-origins.com), directed by Dr. Christopher Krupenye, is recruiting a full-time research assistant or lab manager to begin Summer 2025. The position has a one-year minimum, w/ the possibility of extension. 1/
March 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
🚨RT!
The Social & Cognitive Origins group at @jhuartssciences.bsky.social (social-cognitive-origins.com), directed by Dr. Christopher Krupenye, is recruiting a full-time research assistant or lab manager to begin Summer 2025. The position has a one-year minimum, w/ the possibility of extension. 1/
The Social & Cognitive Origins group at @jhuartssciences.bsky.social (social-cognitive-origins.com), directed by Dr. Christopher Krupenye, is recruiting a full-time research assistant or lab manager to begin Summer 2025. The position has a one-year minimum, w/ the possibility of extension. 1/
Excited to share a new paper on children's third-party punishment across societies. This was a big collaborative effort and I'm so grateful to my wonderful co-authors for their contributions to this project.
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Blog: communities.springernature.com/posts/childr...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Blog: communities.springernature.com/posts/childr...
Across six societies children engage in costly third-party punishment of unfair sharing - Communications Psychology
Third-party punishment of unfair sharing is a hallmark of a normative concern for fairness in adults. Here, children in Canada, India, Peru, Uganda, USA, and Vanuatu show this same normative concern b...
www.nature.com
March 19, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Excited to share a new paper on children's third-party punishment across societies. This was a big collaborative effort and I'm so grateful to my wonderful co-authors for their contributions to this project.
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Blog: communities.springernature.com/posts/childr...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Blog: communities.springernature.com/posts/childr...
Just caught myself googling: "what should I do with a lot of lemons".
March 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Just caught myself googling: "what should I do with a lot of lemons".
Was so fun to work on this with Julia (@juliamarshall.bsky.social) and Abby (not.yet.on.bsky.social)!
Check out @katiemcauliffe.bsky.social, @juliamarshall.bsky.social, and Abby McLaughlin's new feature review in TICS!
Beyond punishment: psychological foundations of restorative interventions: Trends in Cognitive Sciences www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
Beyond punishment: psychological foundations of restorative interventions: Trends in Cognitive Sciences www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
Beyond punishment: psychological foundations of restorative interventions
Work on the psychology of justice has largely focused on punishment. However, punishment
is not our only strategy for dealing with conflict. Rather, emerging work suggests
that people often respond to...
www.cell.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Was so fun to work on this with Julia (@juliamarshall.bsky.social) and Abby (not.yet.on.bsky.social)!
What a superb lineup. Highly recommend this excellent preconference!
The @spspnews.bsky.social Origins of the Social Mind preconf is 19 days away! This year, our guiding theme is "Understanding the building blocks of social group dynamics." This topic is so important & we're learning from THE experts (look at the lineup!). I believe in this precon so much that...1/2
February 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
What a superb lineup. Highly recommend this excellent preconference!
Reposted by Katie McAuliffe
New paper! @katiemcauliffe.bsky.social + @andreicimpian.bsky.social
Men tend to ask for higher salaries and more promotions for themselves than do women. We examined kids' beliefs about negotiation and how they may contribute to developing gender differences in negotiation
doi.org/10.1037/dev0...
Men tend to ask for higher salaries and more promotions for themselves than do women. We examined kids' beliefs about negotiation and how they may contribute to developing gender differences in negotiation
doi.org/10.1037/dev0...
APA PsycNet
doi.org
January 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
New paper! @katiemcauliffe.bsky.social + @andreicimpian.bsky.social
Men tend to ask for higher salaries and more promotions for themselves than do women. We examined kids' beliefs about negotiation and how they may contribute to developing gender differences in negotiation
doi.org/10.1037/dev0...
Men tend to ask for higher salaries and more promotions for themselves than do women. We examined kids' beliefs about negotiation and how they may contribute to developing gender differences in negotiation
doi.org/10.1037/dev0...
Very excited to announce the launch of Cooperation Island, a new research platform for measuring social decision-making in children ages 5+. Shout out to co-pilots Julia Marshall and
Shalini Gautam! Check it out at: cooperationisland.com
Shalini Gautam! Check it out at: cooperationisland.com
COOPERATION ISLAND
cooperationisland.com
October 11, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Very excited to announce the launch of Cooperation Island, a new research platform for measuring social decision-making in children ages 5+. Shout out to co-pilots Julia Marshall and
Shalini Gautam! Check it out at: cooperationisland.com
Shalini Gautam! Check it out at: cooperationisland.com
Reposted by Katie McAuliffe
🚨 Johns Hopkins psych & brain sci is hiring! 🚨
TWO open-rank faculty positions: one in cognition, broadly construed, the other in cognitive neuroscience
We're excited about lots of research areas & approaches, including development & animal cognition!
apply.interfolio.com/155721
TWO open-rank faculty positions: one in cognition, broadly construed, the other in cognitive neuroscience
We're excited about lots of research areas & approaches, including development & animal cognition!
apply.interfolio.com/155721
September 26, 2024 at 4:32 PM
🚨 Johns Hopkins psych & brain sci is hiring! 🚨
TWO open-rank faculty positions: one in cognition, broadly construed, the other in cognitive neuroscience
We're excited about lots of research areas & approaches, including development & animal cognition!
apply.interfolio.com/155721
TWO open-rank faculty positions: one in cognition, broadly construed, the other in cognitive neuroscience
We're excited about lots of research areas & approaches, including development & animal cognition!
apply.interfolio.com/155721
A question from a grad student who will be applying to tenure-track jobs. Research area is dev psych. Would it be more useful from an application perspective to have experience teaching Dev Psych or Intro? I'm not sure so keen to hear others' opinions.
September 9, 2024 at 6:40 PM
A question from a grad student who will be applying to tenure-track jobs. Research area is dev psych. Would it be more useful from an application perspective to have experience teaching Dev Psych or Intro? I'm not sure so keen to hear others' opinions.
Friends going to CDS - hope you can check out presentations by all these great people!
March 15, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Friends going to CDS - hope you can check out presentations by all these great people!
Hi everyone 👋
Excited to be on here and to not be inundated with random viral videos!
Excited to be on here and to not be inundated with random viral videos!
September 26, 2023 at 10:38 PM
Hi everyone 👋
Excited to be on here and to not be inundated with random viral videos!
Excited to be on here and to not be inundated with random viral videos!