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Leonard Learning Lab

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Leonard Learning Lab at Yale Psychology. We study children’s motivation and learning.

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Communications Psychology @commspsychol.nature.com · 21/05/2026
www.nature.com/articles/s44... New research by @mariannazhang.bsky.social @mika-asaba.bsky.social @leonardlearnlab.bsky.social in the journal (in Press)
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Young children expect and approve of teachers’ gender stereotypes about academic interest - Communications Psychology
Gender stereotypes contribute to gender disparities. We find that children enter school expecting teachers to hold gender stereotypes and view acting on these beliefs as acceptable, highlighting a pot...
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Leonard Learning Lab @leonardlearnlab.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Come check out the lab's work at CDS!
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Leonard Learning Lab @leonardlearnlab.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
@aarthipopat.bsky.social created a Yale Psych Connect Four March Madness. Things are heating up. Stay tuned for updates
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Leonard Learning Lab @leonardlearnlab.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
In honor of Alyssa Liu, our lab went ice-skating
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Leonard Learning Lab @leonardlearnlab.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
5th year PhD student Brandon Carrillo got second place in the Yale 3 minute thesis competition! Congrats Brandon!!!
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Julia Leonard @julia-a-leonard.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
💥New paper alert! Dyadic Decisions About Effort: How Caregivers Shape Young Children’s Persistence (with @reutshachnai.bsky.social) One of my favorites! If you’re curious about what we’ve been up to in @leonardlearnlab.bsky.social, take a look! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Leonard Learning Lab @leonardlearnlab.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
We are looking to hire a research assistant to help with data collection at our partner museum in Philadelphia! Share with your undergraduates or post-baccs who are looking for more experience in cog dev research! Please see the attached ad for more information: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Yale Leonard Learning Lab - Philadelphia RA Ad
Title: Philadelphia-Area-Based Research Assistant Position in the Yale Learning Lab The Leonard Learning Lab (PI: Dr. Julia Leonard) at Yale University has an opening for a research assistant to help...
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Julia Leonard @julia-a-leonard.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Like a parent, AI can guide or smother. It's time to think about how we build this relationship. Check out my new essay with Brett Smith www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/deve...
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Will AI Become a Helicopter Parent?
Like a parent, AI can guide or smother. It's time to think about how we build this relationship.
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Leonard Learning Lab @leonardlearnlab.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
The Learning Lab is heading to CogSci 2025 (@cogscisociety.bsky.social) to share our latest research! Come say hello!
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Julia Leonard @julia-a-leonard.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Wirecutter crowned Ben & Jerry’s the best vanilla ice cream. I scoffed. Our lab managers Surya and Nat ran a blind taste test. Guess what won? Ben & Jerry’s. Science is brutal.
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Julia Leonard @julia-a-leonard.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Honored to win the 2025 APS Janet Taylor Spence Award! You can read more about my research and journey here www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
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Member Spotlight: 2025 Spence Awardee Julia Leonard on Celebrating Children’s Progress
This Yale University researcher discusses her efforts to understand children’s approach to learning.
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Julia Leonard @julia-a-leonard.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
New preprint! Despite ongoing efforts to combat gender bias in education, our work reveals a striking and under-explored challenge: By the time children enter elementary school, children already expect adults to hold gender stereotypes and approve when adults act on them. osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Leonard Learning Lab @leonardlearnlab.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
New work from the lab shows that, with scaffolding, little optimistic 4-to-6-year-olds can understand that mastery takes practice. Out now in Child Development. @srcdorg.bsky.social srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Julia Leonard @julia-a-leonard.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Congrats to my first PhD student Dr Flora Zhang!!!!! Make sure to check out her amazing work on intuitive theories of acquisition (and why they matter) @leonardlearnlab.bsky.social
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Julia Leonard @julia-a-leonard.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Come check out the lab's research at @srcdorg.bsky.social this week! @leonardlearnlab.bsky.social
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Leonard Learning Lab @leonardlearnlab.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
✨New work from the lab!✨
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Julia Leonard @julia-a-leonard.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
For decades, developmental psychologists have noticed that optimism declines with age. Why does this presumably good thing decrease across development? In this Nature Reviews Psych article, @jessicas.bsky.social and I draw from prior hypotheses to offer an integrated account.
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