Faculty

Institution

Unit

Venue

Ellen Markman

IBM Provostial Professor

Stanford University

Affiliations

School of Humanities and Sciences

Psychology

Symbolic Systems

Ellen Markman is currently serving as a Psychology IBM Provostial Professor at Stanford University.

Honors

Create free account to unlock more features

Experiences

Create free account to unlock more features

Education

Create free account to unlock more features

Ellen Markman

Stanford University

IBM Provostial Professor

You can click a keyword to filter the displayed items

cognitive science child development cognitive development behavioral sciences psychology language development developmental psychology cognition child language linguistics early childhood development cognitive psychology child psychology language acquisition young children psycholinguistics early childhood educational psychology psychological science word learning language comprehension interpretation inference reading research developmental science experimental child psychology human cognition language learning class analysis human development applied developmental psychology child nutrition inductive inference social categorization word meanings pedagogical cues mental life applied psychology animal cognition second language acquisition behavioural psychology social reasoning interpretability child literacy food choice deception detection educational communication nutrition education mutual exclusivity word meaning exploratory play conceptual organization preschool children communicative norms folk philosophy natural kinds inductive reasoning object categorization belief revision primary investigation achievement motivation cultural relations international relation theory experimental pragmatics class imbalances educational evaluation imitative learning paralinguistics concept formation collective cognition constraint solving gender equality causality elementary school children preliminary investigation subtle linguistic cues

Video Presentations

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

How Children Map Causal Verbs to Different Causes Across Development. Nature Human Behaviour (2025)

developmental scienceearly childhood developmentdevelopmental psychologychild developmentexperimental child psychologychild languagecausal verbscognitive developmenthuman developmentlanguage acquisitionchild psychologylanguage sciencedevelopmental dynamiclanguage developmentlanguagecognitive sciencelinguisticspsycholinguistics

How Colorblind and Structural Messages Affect Children's Reasoning About Novel Group Disparities. Developmental Science (2025)

racesocial groupschild psychologybehavioral sciencesdevelopmental psychologyethnic studiesdisparitiessocial cognitionracial prejudicecognitive scienceracial groupschild developmentracial discriminationexperimental child psychologypsychologyintergroup relationssocial categorizationnovel group disparitiescognitive developmentsocial identitypsychological science

Epistemic Language in News Headlines Shapes Readers’ Perceptions of Objectivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024)

Aaron ChueyYiwei LuoEllen M. Markman

news analyticsepistemic languageonline informationcommunicationmass communicationnews semanticspublic opinionaudience receptionepistemologyreading researchinterpretationmedia studiesdisinformation detectionjournalismbehavioral sciences

Children's Structural Thinking About Social Inequities. Child Development Perspectives (2023)

Marianna Y. ZhangJ. Nicky SullivanEllen M. MarkmanSteven O. Roberts

early childhood developmentdevelopmental psychologychild developmentsocial inequitiesearly childhood educationearly childhoodchildren's literaturepsychologycognitive developmenthuman developmentchild psychologycognitive sciencedevelopmental psychopathologybehavioral sciences

Modeling and Leveraging Intuitive Theories to Improve Vaccine Attitudes.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General (2023)

Derek PowellKara WeismanEllen M Markman

psychologyintuitive theoriescognitive sciencevaccine attitudesexperimental psychologybehavioral sciences

Emotions as the Product of Body and Mind: The Hierarchical Structure of Folk Concepts of Mental Life Among Us Adults and Children. eScholarship (California Digital Library) (2021)

Kara WeismanCarol DweckEllen M Markman

mental lifehierarchical structurepsychologysocial cognitionemotionsfolk conceptscognitive sciencecultural psychologyneurosciencecognitive psychology

Gender Categories as Dual‐Character Concepts?. Cognitive Science (2021)

Cai GuoCarol S. DweckEllen M. Markman

gender studiesdual-character conceptscognitive scienceneurosciencecognitiongender categories

Let’s Talk Structure: The Positive Consequences of Structural Representations. eScholarship (California Digital Library) (2021)

Marianna Y. ZhangEllen M Markman

positive consequencestalk structurecommunicationstructural representationspsychologydiscourse structurecognitive scienceapplied cognitive psychologycognitioncognitive psychologypsycholinguistics

How Do Children Learn Gender Stereotypes?. Psychological Science (2020)

gendered perceptionssex rolesgender stereotypesdo childrencognitive developmentgender studiesgender developmentchild psychologygender identitygender diversitybehavioral sciences

“Just as Good”: Learning Gender Stereotypes From Attempts to Counteract Them.. Developmental Psychology (2020)

Eleanor K. ChestnutMarianna Y. ZhangEllen M. Markman

developmental psychologylearning sciencessocial sciencespsychologylearning gender stereotypesbehavioral sciences

1
2
3
4
5
11
10 / page

Ellen Markman

IBM Provostial Professor

Stanford University

Affiliations

School of Humanities and Sciences

Psychology

Symbolic Systems

Ellen Markman is currently serving as a Psychology IBM Provostial Professor at Stanford University.

Honors

Create free account to unlock more features

Experiences

Create free account to unlock more features

Education

Create free account to unlock more features

Ellen Markman

Stanford University

IBM Provostial Professor

You can click a keyword to filter the displayed items

Video Presentations

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

How Children Map Causal Verbs to Different Causes Across Development. Nature Human Behaviour (2025)

How Colorblind and Structural Messages Affect Children's Reasoning About Novel Group Disparities. Developmental Science (2025)

Epistemic Language in News Headlines Shapes Readers’ Perceptions of Objectivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024)

Aaron ChueyYiwei LuoEllen M. Markman

Children's Structural Thinking About Social Inequities. Child Development Perspectives (2023)

Marianna Y. ZhangJ. Nicky SullivanEllen M. MarkmanSteven O. Roberts

Modeling and Leveraging Intuitive Theories to Improve Vaccine Attitudes.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General (2023)

Derek PowellKara WeismanEllen M Markman

psychologyintuitive theoriescognitive sciencevaccine attitudesexperimental psychologybehavioral sciences

Emotions as the Product of Body and Mind: The Hierarchical Structure of Folk Concepts of Mental Life Among Us Adults and Children. eScholarship (California Digital Library) (2021)

Kara WeismanCarol DweckEllen M Markman

mental lifehierarchical structurepsychologysocial cognitionemotionsfolk conceptscognitive sciencecultural psychologyneurosciencecognitive psychology

Gender Categories as Dual‐Character Concepts?. Cognitive Science (2021)

Cai GuoCarol S. DweckEllen M. Markman

gender studiesdual-character conceptscognitive scienceneurosciencecognitiongender categories

Let’s Talk Structure: The Positive Consequences of Structural Representations. eScholarship (California Digital Library) (2021)

Marianna Y. ZhangEllen M Markman

positive consequencestalk structurecommunicationstructural representationspsychologydiscourse structurecognitive scienceapplied cognitive psychologycognitioncognitive psychologypsycholinguistics

How Do Children Learn Gender Stereotypes?. Psychological Science (2020)

gendered perceptionssex rolesgender stereotypesdo childrencognitive developmentgender studiesgender developmentchild psychologygender identitygender diversitybehavioral sciences

“Just as Good”: Learning Gender Stereotypes From Attempts to Counteract Them.. Developmental Psychology (2020)

Eleanor K. ChestnutMarianna Y. ZhangEllen M. Markman

developmental psychologylearning sciencessocial sciencespsychologylearning gender stereotypesbehavioral sciences

1
2
3
4
5
11
10 / page

Similar Faculty Members

John Trueswell

Institution

University of Pennsylvania

language learning

language disorder

Fei Xu

Institution

University of California, Berkeley

cognitive science

child development

Gary Fred Marcus

Institution

New York University

ai education

language

Jesse Snedeker

Institution

Harvard University

linguistics

cognitive science

Sandra R. Waxman

Institution

Northwestern University

child development

cognitive development

Maureen Callanan

Institution

University of California, Santa Cruz

developmental science

language development

Frank Keil

Institution

Yale University

cognitive science

psychology

Letitia Naigles

Institution

University of Connecticut

language development

child language

Daniel S. Messinger

Institution

University of Miami

psychology

autism

James R. Booth

Institution

Vanderbilt University

atypical language development

language

Similar Faculty Members

John Trueswell

Institution

University of Pennsylvania

language learning

language disorder

Fei Xu

Institution

University of California, Berkeley

cognitive science

child development

Gary Fred Marcus

Institution

New York University

ai education

language

Jesse Snedeker

Institution

Harvard University

linguistics

cognitive science

Sandra R. Waxman

Institution

Northwestern University

child development

cognitive development

Maureen Callanan

Institution

University of California, Santa Cruz

developmental science

language development

Frank Keil

Institution

Yale University

cognitive science

psychology

Letitia Naigles

Institution

University of Connecticut

language development

child language

Daniel S. Messinger

Institution

University of Miami

psychology

autism

James R. Booth

Institution

Vanderbilt University

atypical language development

language