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Adolescents’ sensitivity to children’s supernatural thinking: A preparation for parenthood?
Hernández Blasi, Carlos; Bjorklund, David F. Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos del Principado de Asturias (2018)Background: Young children often use magical explanations to account for ordinary phenomena (e.g., “The sun’s not out today because it is mad”). We labeled these explanations supernatural thinking. Previous research ... -
Children's supernatural thinking as a signalling behaviour in early childhood
Hernández Blasi, Carlos; Bjorklund, David F.; Ruiz Soler, Marcos Wiley (2016)In this study, we analysed the reaction times of 137 college students when making decisions on pairs of hypothetical children verbalizing different types of vignettes and/or exhibiting different physical appearance ... -
Cognitive cues are more compelling than facial cues in determining adults’ reactions towards young children
Hernández Blasi, Carlos; Bjorklund, David F.; Ruiz Soler, Marcos SAGE Publishing (2015)Previous research has demonstrated the significant influence that both children’s facial features (Lorenz, 1943) and children’s cognitive expressions (Bjorklund, Hernández Blasi, and Periss, 2010) have on adults’ perception ... -
Cognitive “babyness”: Developmental differences in the power of young children's supernatural thinking to influence positive and negative affect.
Periss, Virginia; Hernández Blasi, Carlos; Bjorklund, David F. American Psychological Association (2012-09)Perceptions of maturational status may play an important role in facilitating caretaking and resources toward children expressing them. Previous work has revealed evidence that cues of cognitive immaturity foster positive ... -
Introduction. Evolutionary developmental psychology: Re-searching the roots of development
Hernández Blasi, Carlos; Bjorklund, David F. Universitat de Barcelona. Facultat de Psicologia (2008) -
Lorenz Revisited: The Adaptive Nature of Children’s Supernatural Thinking
Bjorklund, David F.; Hernández Blasi, Carlos; Periss, Virginia Springer US (2010-12)Certain characteristics of childhood immaturity (e.g., infantile facial features) may have been favored by natural selection to evoke positive feelings in adults. We propose that some aspects of cognitive immaturity might ... -
Voices as Cues to Children’s Needs for Caregiving
Hernández Blasi, Carlos; Bjorklund, David F.; Agut, Sonia; Lozano Nomdedeu, Francisco Alejandro; Martínez García, Miguel Ángel Springer (2021)The aim of this study was to explore the role of voices as cues to adults of children’s needs for potential caregiving during early childhood. To this purpose, 74 college students listened to pairs of 5-year-old versus ... -
When development matters: From evolutionary psychology to evolutionary developmental psychology
Hernández Blasi, Carlos; Bjorklund, David F.; Gardiner, Amy K. Universitat de Barcelona. Facultat de Psicologia (2008)This article presents evolutionary developmental psychology (EDP) as an emerging field of evolutionary psychology (EP). In describing the core tenets of both approaches and the differences between them, we emphasize ... -
Young children’s attributes are better conveyed by voices than by faces
Hernández Blasi, Carlos; Bjorklund, David F.; Agut, Sonia; Lozano Nomdedeu, Francisco Alejandro; Martínez Martínez, Miguel Ángel Elsevier (2022-12-17)The purpose of this study was to explore how young children’s vocal and facial cues contribute to conveying to adults important information about children’s attributes when presented together. In particular, the study aimed ...