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julia-a-leonard.bsky.social
Developmental cognitive scientist | Assistant professor of psychology at Yale
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On 6/21, come to @amant-arts.bsky.social for the exhibition On Education and a screening of Baby Group by Emanuel Almborg — with commentary by me! A joyful blend of art and science, the film explores how a group of babies behave in the absence of adults. www.amant.org/programs/115...

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Honored to win the 2025 APS Janet Taylor Spence Award! You can read more about my research and journey here www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...

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New preprint! Despite ongoing efforts to combat gender bias in education, our work reveals a striking and under-explored challenge: By the time children enter elementary school, children already expect adults to hold gender stereotypes and approve when adults act on them. osf.io/preprints/ps...

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@leonardlearnlab.bsky.social had a great time at @srcdorg.bsky.social

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We just had our last lab meeting with @leonardlearnlab.bsky.social seniors. 🥺 Some of these folks have been in the lab for as long as I have! A true honor to work with these brilliant and wonderful people!

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Check out our symposium on *parents' lay theories of cognitive development* at #SRCD2025! Ft. work by @reutshachnai.bsky.social, @julia-a-leonard.bsky.social, @dominicgibson.bsky.social, and yours truly, discussed by @andrewshtulman.bsky.social !

submitted 56 days ago • 1 comment

Come check out the lab's research at @srcdorg.bsky.social this week! @leonardlearnlab.bsky.social

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Congrats to my first PhD student Dr Flora Zhang!!!!! Make sure to check out her amazing work on intuitive theories of acquisition (and why they matter) @leonardlearnlab.bsky.social

submitted 75 days ago • 1 comment

The platform I run, Children Helping Science, is supported almost entirely by US government science funding, both directly and in collaboration with CHS researchers. Here's the note we sent to users today - we need help gathering your stories and citations! Submit here: forms.gle/zFnzrVURntdZ...

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So excited for @relbelluck.bsky.social to be joining the lab!!!!

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Overparenting can hold kids back—but our research shows that framing tasks as learning opportunities helps parents step back and foster kids' independence! ✨ Read more in our latest Psychology Today piece: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/deve... @julia-a-leonard.bsky.social @mika-asaba.bsky.social

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Overparenting is on the rise and hurts children’s motivation starting in early childhood. How can we help parents step back? Our new paper in Child Dev shows that pointing out learning opportunities reduces overparenting. srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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For decades, developmental psychologists have noticed that optimism declines with age. Why does this presumably good thing decrease across development? In this Nature Reviews Psych article, @jessicas.bsky.social and I draw from prior hypotheses to offer an integrated account.

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