 University of Toronto |
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Meet Our Research Team!
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Dr. Kang Lee PhD., Professor & Director,
Institute of Child Study My main research focus is on the development of lying. I use experimental methods to investigate how children come to grips with the concept and moral implication of lying, whether children are gullible or they are able to detect others’ lies, and whether children can tell convincing lies in various social situations. I also examine the cognitive-social-cultural factors that affect children’s acquisition of conceptual and moral knowledge about lying and their ability to detect/tell lies successfully. In addition, I explore neuro-physiological correlates of lying in children and adults.
Anjanie McCarthy PhD., Post-doctoral
Fellow, Institute of Child Study Anjanie is currently a post-doctoral fellow at the University
of Toronto. Her research interests include the development of eye gaze
displays during mental processing and the socio-cultural and cognitive
factors that affect eye gaze and other nonverbal behaviours. Anjanie
is also interested in the processing by which we attach meaning to different
non-verbal behaviours.
Angela Evans (Doctoral Candidate), Human
Development and Applied Psychology, OISE/UT Angela is currently working on her PhD with Dr. Kang Lee focussing on the development of deceptive behaviours in children and adolecents. More specifically, Angela is interested in assessing how the development of cognitive skills is related to deceptive behaviours, our understanding of deception and our ability to detect other people's decptive acts.
Rie Toriyama (Doctoral
Candidate), Human Development and Applied Psychology, OISE/UT Rie is a first doctoral student in Dr. Kang Lee’s
lab. Rie is interested in how children trust other people
Megan Brunet (M.A. candidate), School
Clinical and Child Psychology. OISE/UT Megan is currently working on her Masters in Clinical
Child Psychology at the University of Toronto. Her research with Dr.
Kang Lee focuses on verbal and non-verbal methods of detecting deception
in children and adolescents. In considering true and fabricated reports
of events, Megan is interested in the development of children's abilities
as they relate to their deceptive behaviours.
Lab Facilities
Our lab is located at 56 Spadina Rd (directions). This is one of our three child friendly rooms. Our lab has a comfortable room for families to come and enjoy their stay with many toys for children to play with when they come to participate in one of our studies! Collaborators Nicolas
Bala
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Child Development Research Group 56 Spadina Rd. Toronto, ON M5R 2T3 (416) 934-4503 |
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