Michael Tomasello
Duke University
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Top expertise
Child and Animal Learning Development
Strong evidence · 10 supporting papers · latest 2026
Language and cultural evolution
Solid evidence · 1 supporting paper · latest 2025
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Solid evidence · 1 supporting paper · latest 2025
Cultural Differences and Values
Solid evidence · 2 supporting papers · latest 2026
Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
Solid evidence · 1 supporting paper · latest 2025
Philosophical Ethics and Theory
Solid evidence · 1 supporting paper · latest 2025
Action Observation and Synchronization
Solid evidence · 4 supporting papers · latest 2026
Primate Behavior and Ecology
Solid evidence · 1 supporting paper · latest 2026
Publications (15)
Young children enforce self-created norms promiscuously
2025DOIPMID 41124807
How to Build a Normative Creature
2025DOI
Three-year-old children understand the false beliefs of their partner in collaborative decision making
2026DOIPMID 41757402
How to make artificial agents more like natural agents
2025DOIPMID 40783364
When revealed after the fact, selfish intentions undermine prosocial actions in 5-year-olds
2026DOIPMID 41849316
2- and 3-year-olds' Coordinate Decisions in Dyads and Triads
2026
Two- and three-year-olds coordinate decisions in dyads and triads
2026DOIPMID 42684135
It's the cost that counts! Young children's reciprocity is sensitive to subjective cost
2026DOIPMID 41622990
Correction: When revealed after the fact, selfish intentions undermine prosocial actions in 5-year-olds
2026DOIPMID 42044041
Children from six cultures reliably help their peers - but in different ways
2026DOI
The evolutionary psychology of the human pointing gesture
2026DOI
Do young children understand the objectivity of reality?
2026DOIPMID 42296785
Children from six cultures reliably help their peers - but in different ways
2026DOI
Coordinating with Peers vs. Adults
2026DOIPMID 42402449
Social cognition in the second year of life
2026
Organizations in sourced records
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- Duke University
Source: OpenAlex · retrieved 2026-09-29
Source: ScienceWe Extractor · retrieved 2026-09-27