David Liu
Assistant Professor of Psychology Dale Hall Tower 727 and Two Partners Place 287 405-325-4592 davidliu at ou dot edu https://www.childthinklab.org Ph.D., Psychology - University of Michigan, 2005RESEARCH:
In the Brain and Cognitive Development Lab, we investigate how developing minds and brains acquire conceptual knowledge. The focus of our research is in the development of young children's understanding of people and the social world. We combine cognitive and neuroscientific (EEG/ERP) methods with children and adults to study theory of mind, trait reasoning, and other aspects of social cognition.
Selected Publications:
Liu, D., Vanderbilt, K. E., and Heyman, G. D. (2013) Selective trust: Children’s use of intention and outcome of past testimony. Developmental Psychology 49: 439-445.
Bowman, L. C., Liu, D., Meltzoff, A. N., and Wellman, H. M. (2012). Neural correlates of belief- and desire-reasoning in 7- and 8-year-old children: An event-related potential study. Developmental Science 15: 618-632.
Vanderbilt, K. E., Liu, D., and Heyman, G. D. (2011). The development of distrust. Child Development 82: 1372-1380.
Liu, D., Meltzoff, A. N., and Wellman, H. M. (2009). Neural correlates of belief- and desire-reasoning. Child Development 80: 1163-1171.
Liu, D., Sabbagh, M. A., Gehring, W. J., and Wellman, H. M. (2009). Neural correlates of children’s theory of mind development. Child Development 80: 318-326.