Publications
DePascale, M., Butler, L. P., & Ramani, G. B. (2023). The relation between math anxiety and play behaviors in 4- to 6-year-old children. Journal of Numerical Cognition, 9, 89-106.
Glidden, J., D’Esterre, A. P., Butler, L. P., & Killen, M. (2022). Claims of wrongdoing by outgroup members heighten children's ingroup biases. Acta Psychologica, 230, 103732.
Butler, L. P., Gibbs, H. M., & Tavassolie, N. S. (2020). Children's developing understanding that even reliable sources need to verify their claims. Cognitive Development, 54, 100871.
Butler, L. P. (2020). The empirical child? A framework for investigating the development of scientific habits of mind. Child Development Perspectives, 14, 34-40.
Butler, L. P., Ronfard, S., & Corriveau, K. H., Eds. (2020). The Questioning Child: Insights from Psychology and Education. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Butler, L. P., Ronfard, S., & Corriveau, K. H. (2020). Questions about questions: Framing the key issues. In L. P. Butler, S. Ronfard, & K. H. Corriveau (Eds). The questioning child: Insights from Psychology and Education (pp. 1-5). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Ronfard, S., Butler, L. P., & Corriveau, K. H. (2020). The questioning child: A path forward. In L. P. Butler, S. Ronfard, & K. H. Corriveau (Eds). The questioning child: Insights from Psychology and Education (pp. 301-320). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Butler, L. P., Schmidt, M. F. H., Tavassolie, N. S., & Gibbs, H. M. (2018). Children's evaluation of verified and unverified claims. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology.
Butler, L. P. (2017). The social origins of persistence. Science, 357, 1236-1237.
†Master, A., †Butler, L. P., Walton, G. M. (2017). How the subjective relationship between the self, others, and a task drives interest. In P. A. O’Keefe & J. M. Harackiewicz (Eds.). The Psychological Science of Interest. Springer International.
†Authors contributed equally to this work
Butler, L. P., & Markman, E. M. (2016). Navigating pedagogy: Children’s developing capacities for learning from pedagogical interactions. Cognitive Development, 38, 27-35.
Butler, L. P., & Tomasello, M. (2016). Two- and 3-year-old children integrate linguistic and pedagogical cues in guiding inductive generalizations and exploration. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 145, 64-78.
Schmidt, M. F. H., Butler, L. P., Heinz, J., & Tomasello, M. (2016). Young children see a single action and infer a social norm: Promiscuous normativity in 3-year-olds. Psychological Science.
Butler, L. P., Schmidt, M. F. H., Buergel, J., & Tomasello, M. (2015). Young children use pedagogical cues to modulate the strength of normative inferences. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 33, 476-488.
Butler, L. P., & Markman, E. M. (2014). Preschoolers use pedagogical cues to guide radical reorganization of category knowledge. Cognition, 130, 116-12.
Butler, L.P., & Walton, G.M., (2013). The opportunity to collaborate increases preschoolers' motivation for challenging tasks. Journal of Experimental Child
Psychology, 116, 953-961.
Butler, L. P., & Markman, E. M. (2013). Preschoolers’ ability to navigate communicative interactions in guiding their inductive inferences. Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.
Butler, L. P., & Markman, E. M. (2012). Preschoolers use intentional and pedagogical cues to guide inductive inferences and exploration. Child Development, 83, 1416-1428.
Butler, L. P., & Markman, E. M. (2012). Finding the cause: Verbal framing helps children extract causal evidence embedded in a complex scene. Journal of Cognition & Development, 13, 38-66.
Butler, L., & Markman, E. (2011). Teaching and learning. In T. Luhrman (Ed.) Toward and anthropological theory of mind. Suomen Atropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society, 36, 38-39.
Butler, L. P., & Markman, E. M. (2010). Pedagogical cues influence children’s inductive inference and exploratory play. Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.
Ganea, P. A., Allen, M. A., Butler, L., Carey, S., & DeLoache, J. S. (2009). Toddlers' referential understanding of pictures. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 104, 267-282.
Glidden, J., D’Esterre, A. P., Butler, L. P., & Killen, M. (2022). Claims of wrongdoing by outgroup members heighten children's ingroup biases. Acta Psychologica, 230, 103732.
Butler, L. P., Gibbs, H. M., & Tavassolie, N. S. (2020). Children's developing understanding that even reliable sources need to verify their claims. Cognitive Development, 54, 100871.
Butler, L. P. (2020). The empirical child? A framework for investigating the development of scientific habits of mind. Child Development Perspectives, 14, 34-40.
Butler, L. P., Ronfard, S., & Corriveau, K. H., Eds. (2020). The Questioning Child: Insights from Psychology and Education. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Butler, L. P., Ronfard, S., & Corriveau, K. H. (2020). Questions about questions: Framing the key issues. In L. P. Butler, S. Ronfard, & K. H. Corriveau (Eds). The questioning child: Insights from Psychology and Education (pp. 1-5). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Ronfard, S., Butler, L. P., & Corriveau, K. H. (2020). The questioning child: A path forward. In L. P. Butler, S. Ronfard, & K. H. Corriveau (Eds). The questioning child: Insights from Psychology and Education (pp. 301-320). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Butler, L. P., Schmidt, M. F. H., Tavassolie, N. S., & Gibbs, H. M. (2018). Children's evaluation of verified and unverified claims. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology.
Butler, L. P. (2017). The social origins of persistence. Science, 357, 1236-1237.
†Master, A., †Butler, L. P., Walton, G. M. (2017). How the subjective relationship between the self, others, and a task drives interest. In P. A. O’Keefe & J. M. Harackiewicz (Eds.). The Psychological Science of Interest. Springer International.
†Authors contributed equally to this work
Butler, L. P., & Markman, E. M. (2016). Navigating pedagogy: Children’s developing capacities for learning from pedagogical interactions. Cognitive Development, 38, 27-35.
Butler, L. P., & Tomasello, M. (2016). Two- and 3-year-old children integrate linguistic and pedagogical cues in guiding inductive generalizations and exploration. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 145, 64-78.
Schmidt, M. F. H., Butler, L. P., Heinz, J., & Tomasello, M. (2016). Young children see a single action and infer a social norm: Promiscuous normativity in 3-year-olds. Psychological Science.
Butler, L. P., Schmidt, M. F. H., Buergel, J., & Tomasello, M. (2015). Young children use pedagogical cues to modulate the strength of normative inferences. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 33, 476-488.
Butler, L. P., & Markman, E. M. (2014). Preschoolers use pedagogical cues to guide radical reorganization of category knowledge. Cognition, 130, 116-12.
Butler, L.P., & Walton, G.M., (2013). The opportunity to collaborate increases preschoolers' motivation for challenging tasks. Journal of Experimental Child
Psychology, 116, 953-961.
Butler, L. P., & Markman, E. M. (2013). Preschoolers’ ability to navigate communicative interactions in guiding their inductive inferences. Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.
Butler, L. P., & Markman, E. M. (2012). Preschoolers use intentional and pedagogical cues to guide inductive inferences and exploration. Child Development, 83, 1416-1428.
Butler, L. P., & Markman, E. M. (2012). Finding the cause: Verbal framing helps children extract causal evidence embedded in a complex scene. Journal of Cognition & Development, 13, 38-66.
Butler, L., & Markman, E. (2011). Teaching and learning. In T. Luhrman (Ed.) Toward and anthropological theory of mind. Suomen Atropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society, 36, 38-39.
Butler, L. P., & Markman, E. M. (2010). Pedagogical cues influence children’s inductive inference and exploratory play. Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.
Ganea, P. A., Allen, M. A., Butler, L., Carey, S., & DeLoache, J. S. (2009). Toddlers' referential understanding of pictures. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 104, 267-282.