joshuaconfer.bsky.social
@joshuaconfer.bsky.social
Psychology Postdoc at the University of Toronto
(8/8) The full paper is open access @natcomms.nature.com! Huge thanks to my amazing co-authors Allison Champ, @dorsaamir.bsky.social, @hanna-schleihauf.bsky.social, & @janengelmann.bsky.social
February 5, 2026 at 4:56 PM
(8/8) The full paper is open access @natcomms.nature.com! Huge thanks to my amazing co-authors Allison Champ, @dorsaamir.bsky.social, @hanna-schleihauf.bsky.social, & @janengelmann.bsky.social
(7/8) By preschool age, children selectively weigh evidence according to what their group believes. This suggests it might be helpful to start early in intervening on the psychological processes that make it hard for different groups to agree on basic facts.
February 5, 2026 at 4:56 PM
(7/8) By preschool age, children selectively weigh evidence according to what their group believes. This suggests it might be helpful to start early in intervening on the psychological processes that make it hard for different groups to agree on basic facts.
(6/8) Across studies, analyses indicated that children did not blindly adopt group beliefs but instead reasoned their way to them.
February 5, 2026 at 4:56 PM
(6/8) Across studies, analyses indicated that children did not blindly adopt group beliefs but instead reasoned their way to them.
(5/8) Children who did not belong to a group rationally evaluated the same sets of evidence and tended to arrive at accurate conclusions.
February 5, 2026 at 4:56 PM
(5/8) Children who did not belong to a group rationally evaluated the same sets of evidence and tended to arrive at accurate conclusions.
(4/8) Children who joined a group showed three key biases: they inspected less evidence to reach a conclusion when the evidence supported their group’s belief; were more convinced by group-supporting evidence; and held onto group beliefs more strongly in the face of group-opposing evidence.
February 5, 2026 at 4:56 PM
(4/8) Children who joined a group showed three key biases: they inspected less evidence to reach a conclusion when the evidence supported their group’s belief; were more convinced by group-supporting evidence; and held onto group beliefs more strongly in the face of group-opposing evidence.
(3/8) Across three studies, children either belonged to one of two groups or no group, and then solved a reasoning task. After hearing both groups’ beliefs about the task, children evaluated the available evidence themselves.
February 5, 2026 at 4:56 PM
(3/8) Across three studies, children either belonged to one of two groups or no group, and then solved a reasoning task. After hearing both groups’ beliefs about the task, children evaluated the available evidence themselves.
(2/8) Decades of research suggest that when children reason individually, they are like ‘little scientists’ who are open-minded, flexible, and curious. What happens when they reason as a member of a social group?
February 5, 2026 at 4:56 PM
(2/8) Decades of research suggest that when children reason individually, they are like ‘little scientists’ who are open-minded, flexible, and curious. What happens when they reason as a member of a social group?