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Welcome to USC’s Minds in Development Lab!

We study the social-cognitive development of children between 1 and 5 years of age.

The general idea guiding our research is that humans have a unique form of sociality that is absent in other animals. For example, only humans share experiences, ideas, and knowledge (e.g., by teaching) with others. This unique way of engaging with other persons shapes humans’ cognition from the start.

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News from the lab

Ellie just won the Dornsife Scholar Award. She is a participant in the Psyc Honors program working with the Minds in Development Lab. The Dornsife Scholar Program, grants a few graduating seniors with $10,000 to be put toward graduate school costs. The award emphasizes impactful research and positive human impact on a global scale.

Congratulations to Qianhui (Vicky) Ni on her defense of her dissertation!

Attendees of Qianhui Ni’s defense

More good news: We were awarded a grant by the Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood to study help-seeking in minoritized preschoolers. We will keep you posted on the progress of our research.

Lab members attending CDS 2024. See more images of our lab members at CDS here

Welcome to Jeanie Cox! Jeanie is our new Lab Coordinator. She has been helping the Minds in Development team move forward their research.

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Minds In Development Lab

(213) 740-2279

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Henrike Moll

(213) 740-2270

hmoll@usc.edu

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