{"id":51,"date":"2013-05-15T14:27:57","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T18:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2025-10-01T11:45:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T15:45:29","slug":"ccl","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/ccl\/","title":{"rendered":"Child Cognition Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/cdl\/files\/2025\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-Sep-18-2025-at-01_53_19-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cdl\/files\/2025\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-Sep-18-2025-at-01_53_19-PM-636x636.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"636\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9551 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/files\/2025\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-Sep-18-2025-at-01_53_19-PM-636x636.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/files\/2025\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-Sep-18-2025-at-01_53_19-PM.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/files\/2025\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-Sep-18-2025-at-01_53_19-PM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/files\/2025\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-Sep-18-2025-at-01_53_19-PM-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a>We are interested in children&#8217;s and adults&#8217; conceptions of people, animals, and objects. Some of our\u00a0current research interests include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Biology education in early elementary school children. For more information about what we&#8217;ve been working on regarding children&#8217;s learning of natural selection, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.evolvingmindsproject.org\/\">evolving minds project<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Developmental change in children&#8217;s explanations of living and non-living natural phenomena, as well as children&#8217;s preferences for certain explanations<\/li>\n<li>Children&#8217;s tool-use behavior and reasoning about human-made objects<\/li>\n<li>How children learn social norms and cultural conventions<\/li>\n<li>Cross-cultural differences and similarities in religion-relevant explanatory biases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For more information about how to get involved, visit our\u00a0<a href=\"\/cdl\/files\/2013\/05\/picstitch-1.jpg\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/ccl\/for-parents\/\">Information for Parents<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/ccl\/open-job-opportunities\/for-students\/\" title=\"For Students\">Information for Students<\/a> pages!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To see coverage of our work, check our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/ccl\/our\\-research\/ccl\\-in\\-the\\-news\/\" title=\"CCL in the news\">Child Cognition Lab in the NEWS!<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p>Want to participate?<br \/>\nCheck out our <a href=\"http:\/\/bu.edu\/cdl\/ccl\/current-studies\">current studies<\/a>!<br \/>\nClick\u00a0<a href=\"for-parents\/get-involved\/\">here <\/a>to fill out our parent form!<br \/>\nYou may also call us at 617-358-1738 or send us an e-mail at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:childlab@bu.edu\">childlab@bu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If you are looking for information about buying our children&#8217;s book: &#8220;How the Piloses Evolved Skinny Noses,&#8221; it can be purchased <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Piloses-Evolved-Skinny-Noses-Evolving\/dp\/1943431264\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1506450308&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=how+the+piloses+evolved+skinny+noses\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span>Our non-profit BU Crowdfunding Campaign to raise funds to send the books out to schools for free has ended. We are delighted to announce that due to the incredibly generous support of over 220 contributors, we raised $17,725 to provide free books to teachers and children.<\/span> Project updates can be found at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.evolvingmindsproject.org\/\">www.EvolvingMindsProject.org<\/a>\u00a0and on the <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/BUCCL\">Child Cognition Lab Facebook page<\/a>. Thank you to everyone involved for their amazing support.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1><a href=\"\/cdl\/files\/2017\/07\/image.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cdl\/files\/2017\/07\/image.jpeg\" alt=\"How The Piloses Evolved Skinny Noses\" width=\"765\" height=\"1000\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4902 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/files\/2017\/07\/image.jpeg 765w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/files\/2017\/07\/image-487x636.jpeg 487w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<div class=\"game\" style=\"position: relative; left: -200px; top: 32px;\"><a href=\"\/cdl\/about-us\/game\/\">Click me!<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are interested in children&#8217;s and adults&#8217; conceptions of people, animals, and objects. Some of our\u00a0current research interests include: Biology education in early elementary school children. 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