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Danovitch Judith Danovitch
Assistant Professor
Primary Program: Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience
225B Psychology
(517) 432-3461
jhd@msu.edu


Research Statement
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Dr. Danovitch’s research focuses on how children seek out answers and share information with other people. She investigates how preschool and elementary school children infer what other people are likely to know, and how they choose between potential sources of information. In addition, her research interests include how children choose what kinds of information to share with another person. Finally, recent work focuses on the development of moral reasoning and disgust, and the development of intense special interests in children with autism.


Related Research Websites
  
Knowledge in Development Lab Our lab researches how children think about information in the world around them and how children seek out and evaluate knowledge throughout their development. We are interested in questions such as: (How do children decide where to look for answers?), (What kinds of information do children share with other people?), (How do children know when an answer is satisfactory?)
Human Development Initiative The Human Development Initiative is a community of scholars throughout the university interested in development across the lifespan. The initiative is focused on cutting-edge research involving genetics, neuroscience, and psychosocial development and how these different factors intersect.


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