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Laura Schulz

John and Dorothy Wilson Professor of Cognitive Sciences

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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School of Science

Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Laura Schulz is currently serving as a Brain And Cognitive Sciences John and Dorothy Wilson Professor of Cognitive Sciences at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

John and Dorothy Wilson Professor of Cognitive Sciences

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A Revised Assessment of Early Modal Reasoning. Open MIND (2026)

cognitive sciencemental modelscognitionthinking skills

Causal Dominoes - Mechanism Only. Open MIND (2026)

cognitioncausalitycausal inferenceneuroethicscognitive sciencephilosophy of mind

Causal Dominoes - Mechanism Only; Comprehension Check. Open MIND (2026)

causalityautomated reasoninginferencecausal inferencecognitive sciencecausal reasoning

Functional Fixedness and Cooties: Children Solve Insight Problems Faster When They Learn Functions From Peers of a Different Gender. Underline Science Inc. (2025)

educational psychologycognitive developmenteducationchild psychologypsychologydevelopmental psychologycognitive studies

Intuitions About Prosocial Backfiring: Four to Seven-Year Olds’ Understanding of When Helping Might Cause Offense. Underline Science Inc. (2025)

social psychologyapplied social psychologyhuman behaviorcognitive scienceprosocial behaviorsocial cognitionsocial reasoningbehavioral sciencesexperimental social psychologypsychologymanipulation (psychology)child psychologydevelopmental psychology

Not Seeing It: What Young Children Don't Understand About Attention. Underline Science Inc. (2025)

educational psychologyearly childhood developmentscience educationcognitive developmenteducationearly childhood educationchild psychologycognitive science

Play. MIT Press eBooks (2025)

electronic publishingplaywritingdigital humanitieselectronic libraryenglish

Spatiotemporal Program Learning in Human Adults, Children, and Monkeys. (2025)

animal cognitionbehavioral sciencesspatialtemporal reasoningcognitive sciencecognitive neuroscience

In Praise of Folly: Flexible Goals and Human Cognition. Trends in Cognitive Sciences (2024)

Junyi ChuJoshua B. TenenbaumLaura E. Schulz

cognitionflexible goalsmotivationsocial cognitionbehavioral sciencespsychologyhuman cognitioncognitive sciencecognitive psychology

Learning Loopholes: The Development of Intentional Misunderstandings in Children. (2024)

Sophie Elizabeth Colby BridgersKiera PareceIbuki IwasakiAnnalissa BroskiLaura SchulzTomer Ullman

learning sciencesintentional misunderstandingscognitive developmentchild psychologypsychologychild development

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Laura Schulz

John and Dorothy Wilson Professor of Cognitive Sciences

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Affiliations

School of Science

Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Laura Schulz is currently serving as a Brain And Cognitive Sciences John and Dorothy Wilson Professor of Cognitive Sciences at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Honors

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Experiences

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Laura Schulz

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

John and Dorothy Wilson Professor of Cognitive Sciences

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Video Presentations

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

A Revised Assessment of Early Modal Reasoning. Open MIND (2026)

cognitive sciencemental modelscognitionthinking skills

Causal Dominoes - Mechanism Only. Open MIND (2026)

cognitioncausalitycausal inferenceneuroethicscognitive sciencephilosophy of mind

Causal Dominoes - Mechanism Only; Comprehension Check. Open MIND (2026)

causalityautomated reasoninginferencecausal inferencecognitive sciencecausal reasoning

Functional Fixedness and Cooties: Children Solve Insight Problems Faster When They Learn Functions From Peers of a Different Gender. Underline Science Inc. (2025)

educational psychologycognitive developmenteducationchild psychologypsychologydevelopmental psychologycognitive studies

Intuitions About Prosocial Backfiring: Four to Seven-Year Olds’ Understanding of When Helping Might Cause Offense. Underline Science Inc. (2025)

Not Seeing It: What Young Children Don't Understand About Attention. Underline Science Inc. (2025)

educational psychologyearly childhood developmentscience educationcognitive developmenteducationearly childhood educationchild psychologycognitive science

Play. MIT Press eBooks (2025)

electronic publishingplaywritingdigital humanitieselectronic libraryenglish

Spatiotemporal Program Learning in Human Adults, Children, and Monkeys. (2025)

animal cognitionbehavioral sciencesspatialtemporal reasoningcognitive sciencecognitive neuroscience

In Praise of Folly: Flexible Goals and Human Cognition. Trends in Cognitive Sciences (2024)

Junyi ChuJoshua B. TenenbaumLaura E. Schulz

cognitionflexible goalsmotivationsocial cognitionbehavioral sciencespsychologyhuman cognitioncognitive sciencecognitive psychology

Learning Loopholes: The Development of Intentional Misunderstandings in Children. (2024)

Sophie Elizabeth Colby BridgersKiera PareceIbuki IwasakiAnnalissa BroskiLaura SchulzTomer Ullman

learning sciencesintentional misunderstandingscognitive developmentchild psychologypsychologychild development

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