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,
• behavioral and neural synchronization between child and caregiver,
• 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.

We welcome empirical, theoretical, and methodological work from developmental science.

Confirmed keynote speakers include

• Prof. Paul L. Harris (Harvard University),
• Francisco Pons (University of Oslo),
• Fabrice Clément (University of Neuchâtel),
• Arvid Kappas (Constructor University),
• Tone Kristine Hermansen (University of Oslo),
• Alessandro Carollo (University of Trento),
• Arkadiusz Gut (Nicolaus Copernicus University),
• Marta Białecka (Nicolaus Copernicus University),
• Małgorzata Stępień-Nycz (Jagiellonian University),
• Ewa Haman (University of Warsaw),
• Agnieszka Pluta (University of Warsaw),
• Katarzyna Lubiewska (University of Warsaw)
• and Przemysław Tomalski (Polish Academy of Sciences), among others.

This call is particularly aimed at PhD candidates and early-career postdoctoral researchers.

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).

poster [pdf]