Yarrow Dunham is the director of the Social Cognitive Development Lab at Yale University. 
The lab investigates how young minds master the dizzying complexity of the social world. 

Latest SCDL Publications

Publications
Gender attitudes and gender discrimination among ethnically and geographically diverse young children

May Ling Halim, Jessica Glazier, M. Anais Martinez, Adam Stanaland, Sarah Gaither, Yarrow Dunham, Kristin Pauker, and Kristina Olson. (2024). Infant and Child Development.

Children think differently from adults when reasoning about resources acquired from parents

Pinar Aldan & Yarrow Dunham. (2024). Developmental Psychology.

Parent and Self-Socialization of Gender Intergroup Attitudes, Perceptions, and Behaviors Among Ethnically and Geographically Diverse Young Children

Isaac Davis, Ryan W. Carlson, Julian Jara-Ettinger, and Yarrow Dunham. (2023). Developmental Psychology.

Identifying social partners through indirect prosociality: A computational account.

Isaac Davis, Ryan W. Carlson, Julian Jara-Ettinger, and Yarrow Dunham (2023) Cognition

Beyond Our Tribe: Developing a Normative Sense of Group-Transcendent Fairness

Fan Yang, Xin Yang, and Yarrow Dunham (2023) Developmental Psychology

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