Publications
Manuscripts in Press
Lagattuta, K. H. (in press). Young children’s knowledge about the influence of thoughts on emotions in rule situations. Developmental Science.
Sayfan, L., & Lagattuta, K.H. (in press). Grownups are not afraid of scary stuff, but kids are: Young children’s and adults’ understanding of children’s, infants’, and adults’ fears. Child Development.
La Bounty, J., Wellman, H. M., Olson, S., Lagattuta, K. H., & Liu, D. (in press). Mothers' and fathers' use of internal state language. Social Development.
Lagattuta, K.H. (in press). Developing a theory of mind: New advances and broader perspectives. Invited “In Review” article to appear in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry.
Publications
Lagattuta, K.H. (2007). Thinking about the future because of the past: Young children’s knowledge about the causes of worry and preventative decisions. Child Development, 78, 1492-1509.
Lagattuta, K.H., & Thompson, R. A. (2007). The development of self-conscious emotions: Cognitive processes and social influences. In J.L. Tracy, R.W. Robins, & J. P. Tangney (Eds.), The self-conscious emotions: Theory and research (pp. 91-113). New York: Guilford.
Thompson, R., & Lagattuta, K.H. (2006). Feeling and understanding: Early emotional Development (pp. 317-338). In K. McCartney & D. Phillips (Eds.), Blackwell handbook of early childhood development. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.
Lagattuta, K.H. (2005). When you shouldn’t do what you want to do: Young children’s understanding of desires, rules, and emotions. Child Development, 76, 713-733.
Tracy, J., Robins, R., & Lagattuta, K. H. (2005). Can children recognize pride? Emotion, 5, 251-257.
Wellman, H.M., & Lagattuta, K.H. (2004). Theory of mind for learning and teaching: The nature and role of explanation. Cognitive Development, 19, 479-497.
Wellman, H. M., Baron-Cohen, S., Caswell, R., Gomez, J. C., Swettenham, J., Toye, E., & Lagattuta, K. H. (2002). Using thought bubbles helps children with autism acquire an alternative to a theory of mind. Autism, 6, 343-364.
Lagattuta, K. H., & Wellman, H. M. (2002). Differences in early parent-child conversations about negative versus positive emotions: Implications for the development of psychological understanding. Developmental Psychology, 38, 564-580.
Lagattuta, K. H., & Wellman, H. M. (2001). Thinking about the past: Young children’s knowledge about links between past events, thinking, and emotion. Child Development, 72, 82-102.
Wellman, H.M., & Lagattuta, K. H. (2000). Developing understandings of mind. In S. Baron-Cohen, H. Tager-Flusberg, & D. Cohen (Eds.), Understanding other minds: Perspectives from developmental cognitive neuroscience, second edition. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Lagattuta, K. H., Wellman, H. M., & Flavell, J. H. (1997). Preschoolers’ understanding of the link between thinking and feeling: Cognitive cuing and emotional change. Child Development, 68, 1081-1104.
Government Publications
Thompson, R., Lagattuta, K. H., & Rivera, S. R. (2005). Work skill development and early childhood investment. California Department of Social Services.
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