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Lori Markson
Titles
Assistant Professor of Psychology

Office Contact Information

Degree
PhD, University of Arizona
Office
Psychology Bldg. 235E
Mailbox

Campus Box 1125

Phone
(314) 935-3482
Email
URL
Lab Website

Research specialization

Publications
  • Markson, L. (2006). Core mechanisms of word learning.  In Y. Munakata and M. Johnson  (Eds.), Attention and Performance XXI: Processes of change in brain and cognitive development.  Oxford University Press.
  • Markson, L., & Spelke, E.S. (2006). Infants' rapid learning about self-propelled objects. Infancy, 9, 45-71.
  • Markson, L., Diesendruck, G., & Bloom, P. (2008). The shape of thought.  Developmental Science, 11, 204-208.
  • Fawcett, C.A., & Markson, L. (2010). Children reason about shared preferences. Developmental Psychology, 46, 299-309
  • Diesendruck, G., Carmel, N., & Markson, L. (in press). Children's sensitivity to the conventionality of sources. Child Development.
  • Fawcett, C.A., & Markson, L. (in press). Similarity predicts liking in three-year-old children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology.
Courses
  • Cognitive Development
  • Development of Social Cognition
  • Developmental Psychology
Research Interests

Professor Markson studies conceptual development and social cognitive development in infancy and early childhood. Her research focuses on how children learn words and concepts, including the role of intentional understanding in this process. Current research projects explore children's notions of conventions in language and culture, children's reasoning about their own and others' preferences, and social influences on the development of preferences in infancy.

Departments
  • Psychology
  • PNP (Philosophy Neuroscience Psychology)