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Emma Yu

@emmayu23.bsky.social

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she/her | PhD Student @UC Santa Barbara | Boston University '23

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Brandon Woo @brandonwoo.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Looking forward to #CDS2026! Come learn about the work that my students and I are doing @emmayu23.bsky.social @cogdevsoc.bsky.social

Information about the posters from the members of the lab

Poster Session 2on Friday, April 10
5:45 to 7:00 pm

Children’s understanding of common ground in relationships
Raissa Cheng | P2-111

Children expect emotional consolation to occur in close relationships
Emma Yu | P2-148

Infants track the social targets of their parents’ gaze
Brandon Woo | P2-155

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Ashley Thomas @ashleyjthomas.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Come see the Thomas Lab's work at @cogdevsoc.bsky.social conference! #CDS2026

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Brandon Woo @brandonwoo.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

New paper in Open Mind, with @emmayu23.bsky.social, Megan Richardson, and @ashleyjthomas.bsky.social! We find that by 6 years of age, children think that close friends know the content of each other’s minds. direct.mit.edu/opmi/article... @openmindjournal.bsky.social

direct.mit.edu

Developing Intuitions That Close Friends Know the Content of Each Other’s Minds

Abstract. To maintain and develop close relationships, people need to accurately represent the minds of their social partners. Although studies have characterized many aspects of children’s intuitive ...

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Brandon Woo @brandonwoo.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Good lab news: Welcome to Emma Yu (@emmayu23.bsky.social), our team's first graduate student! So excited to be doing science together and growing the team. Here's a picture of some of the members of our team on a visit to the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden.

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Ashley Thomas @ashleyjthomas.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Come see my lab at the Cognitive Science Society Conference #cogsci2025

Poster that feature talks from the Thomas Lab at the Cognitive Science Society. The Thomas Lab
at CogSci 2025

July 31st
Brandon woo
Social Engagement Leads Infants to Represent People as Individuals
Oral Talk Session: Development of Social Cognition 1
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Salon 6

Denise Lopez Flores
Preliminary Evidence that Infants and Children Use Accents to Inform
Relational Expectations
Poster Session 1: (PL1-L-118)
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Location: Salon 8

Friday August 1st
Emma Yu
Children Expect Emotional Consolation to Occur in Close Relationships
Oral Talk Session: Development of
Social Cognition 2
Time: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Location: Nob Hill B

Min Feldman
Do children use action frequency to infer social closeness?
Poster Session 2: (P2-F-55)
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Salon 8

Christina Steele
Navigating Family Ties: Young Children's Cognitive Representations of the Family Network
Oral Talk Session: Learning and
Development 3
Time: 4:00PM - 5:30PM
Location: Nob Hill D

Hannah Hok Kim
Written in Stone: Lay intuitions about the emergence and impact of formal rules
Poster Session 2: (P2-H-77)
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Salon 8

Saturday August 2

Lizette Pizza
Do People Value Plants Over Non-Living Entities? Moral Considerations in Adults and Young Children
Poster Session 3: (P3-P-158)
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Location: Salon 8

Megan Richardson
Children's Expectations of Emotional Intimacy in Close Relationships
Poster Session 3: (P3-R-165)
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Location: Salon 8

Mack Briscoe
When to speak up: How children reason about group dynamics
Poster Session 3: (P3-B-18)
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Location: Salon 8

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