Julia A. Leonard

According to our database, Julia A. Leonard authored at least 24 papers between 2015 and 2025.

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2025

Hidden costs of overparenting: Children feel worse about their abilities when adults take over for their peers.

Elaine Wang, Reut Shachnai, Julia A. Leonard

Proceedings of the 47th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2025

The cognitive science of caregiving.

Reut Shachnai, Julia A. Leonard, Alison Gopnik, Max Kleiman-Weiner, Lindsey J. Powell

Proceedings of the 47th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2025

When Bayesians take over: A computational model of parental intervention.

Reut Shachnai, Max Kleiman-Weiner, Marlene Berke, Julia A. Leonard

Proceedings of the 47th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2025

Parents underestimate young children's abilities which may undermine their parenting practices.

Reut Shachnai, Arielle Belluck, Julia A. Leonard

Proceedings of the 47th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2025

Just unlucky?: Children are sensitive to the cause of rejection.

Aarthi Popat, Julia A. Leonard

Proceedings of the 47th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2025

Children's beliefs about parents drive their learning about the world.

Brandon Carrillo, Julian Jara-Ettinger, Julia A. Leonard

Proceedings of the 47th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2025

2024

Practice what you preach: Consistent messages about the value of effort foster children's persistence.

Elaine Wang, Mia Radovanovic, Jessica A. Sommerville, Julia A. Leonard

Proceedings of the 46th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2024

"I'm here for my gender, not my skill": Causal reasoning shapes beliefs about merit in response to DEI initiatives.

Aarthi Popat, Julia A. Leonard

Proceedings of the 46th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2024

Young children reason about adults' achievement goals for them.

Brandon Carrillo, Mika Asaba, Lizbeth Lozano, Lauren Okine, Julia A. Leonard

Proceedings of the 46th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2024

Children expect adults to hold gender stereotypes, even when they are not accurate.

Mika Asaba, Marianna Y. Zhang, Julia A. Leonard

Proceedings of the 46th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2024

2023

Children's developing understanding of learning as improvement over time.

Xiuyuan Zhang, Brandon Carrillo, Julia A. Leonard

Proceedings of the 45th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2023

Parents take over less when they think their young child is learning.

Reut Shachnai, Mika Asaba, Lingyan Hu, Julia A. Leonard

Proceedings of the 45th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2023

Children's representations of others' gender biases.

Mika Asaba, Marianna Y. Zhang, Julia A. Leonard

Proceedings of the 45th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2023

Detecting social biases using mental state inference.

Mika Asaba, Isaac Davis, Julia A. Leonard, Julian Jara-Ettinger

Proceedings of the 45th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2023

2022

Thinking about doing: Representations of skill learning.

Xiuyuan Zhang, Samuel D. McDougle, Julia A. Leonard

Proceedings of the 44th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2022

Developmental changes in children's training strategies.

Daniil Serko, Julia A. Leonard, Azzurra Ruggeri

Proceedings of the 44th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2022

Adolescents are most motivated by encouragement from someone who knows their abilities and the domain.

Mika Asaba, Melissa Santos, Julian Jara-Ettinger, Julia A. Leonard

Proceedings of the 44th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2022

2021

Who is motivating? Students evaluate encouragement based on speaker's knowledge.

Mika Asaba, Amanda Nerenberg, Julia A. Leonard

Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2021

2020

Preschoolers are Sensitive to their Performance Over Time.

Julia A. Leonard, Julia Sandler, Amanda Nerenberg, Aidan Rubio, Laura Schulz, Allyson Mackey

Proceedings of the 42th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2020

The Development of Creative Search Strategies.

Yuval Hart, Eliza Kosoy, Emily Liquin, Julia A. Leonard, Allyson Mackey, Alison Gopnik

Proceedings of the 42th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2020

2019

Who is better? Preschoolers infer relative competence based on efficiency of process and quality of outcome.

Julia A. Leonard, Grace Bennett-Pierre, Hyowon Gweon

Proceedings of the 41th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2019

2017

Conceptual Correlates of Counting: Children's Spontaneous Matching and Tracking of Large Sets Reflects Their Knowledge of the Cardinal Principle.

Anna Shusterman, Pierina Cheung, Jessica Taggart, Ilona Bass, Talia Berkowitz, Julia A. Leonard, Ariel Schwartz

J. Numer. Cogn., 2017

Preschoolers and Infants Calibrate Persistence from Adult Models.

Julia A. Leonard, Max Kleiman-Weiner, Yuna Lee, Josh Tenenbaum, Laura Schulz

Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2017

2015

If at First You Don't Succeed: The Role of Evidence in Preschoolers' and Infants' Persistence.

Julia A. Leonard, Laura Schulz

Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2015