The Directory of Research and Researchers at Brown: David Sobel

How do young children represent and learn new pieces of causal knowledge? Are the processes that children use different from those of adults? I have two approaches to these questions. In one line of research, I examine the representation and mechanisms adults and children use for causal learning. In the other, I examine a particular domain of knowledge (psychological knowledge, specifically mental states like pretending, learning, and belief) and map out children's understanding of that domain.

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Born in Brooklyn, NY. Grew up in Brooklyn and Long Island

I received my BA (1995) from Swarthmore College in psychology and computer science (with distinction)

I received my MA (1997) and PhD (2001) from the University of California at Berkeley, both in psychology

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DAVID SOBEL
Stephen Robert Assistant Professor
Cognitive & Linguistic Sciences
Phone: +1 401 863 3038
E-mail: David_Sobel_1@Brown.EDU

David Sobel's Brown Research URL:
http://research.brown.edu/myresearch/David_Sobel

On The Web:
Causality and Mind Lab

Brown collaborators:

Jin Li

Collaborators at other institutions:
Emily Bushnell, Tufts University
Alison Gopnik, University of California at Berkeley
Tom Griffiths, University of California at Berkeley
Natasha Kirkham, Stanford University
Tamar Kushnir, University of Michigan
Angeline Lillard, University of Virginia
Laura Schulz, MIT
Jessica Sommerville, University of Washington
Joshua Tenenbaum, MIT

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