Paul L. Harris
Harvard University
Testimony, Young children's selective trust: established findings and new questions

Friday, June 20, 2025, 11:00 am, room A103

We invite submissions for the interdisciplinary conference Perspectives on Child Development: Social Learning and Interaction poster session hosted by the Department of Cognitive Science and the Institute of Psychology at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland.

The conference will examine how children learn from and engage with others, emphasizing the roles of trust, communication, cognitive development, and cultural context. Contributions are encouraged on a range of topics, including 

• selective trust in early childhood,
• children’s conceptualizations of the mind and its consequences,
• parent-child synchronization,
• the impact of language on social cognition,
• cross-cultural patterns in attachment and information-seeking,
• emotional reasoning in response to testimony,
• and children’s interactions with artificial agents such as robots.

To submit an abstract of a poster presentation you should:

1. register your participation (create an account at mind.umk.pl), and then.
2. log in to your account and add the abstract.

The submitted abstract will be subject to a review procedure. You will be informed of its results by email.

The abstract should be no longer than 2500 characters including spaces (no more than 300 words).