Sarah-Jane Leslie
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Recent Articles
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Wang M, Cardarelli A, Brenner J, Leslie S, Rhodes M
Child Dev
. 2024 Dec;
96(2):865-880.
PMID: 39673170
Gender-science stereotypes emerge early in childhood, but little is known about the developmental processes by which they arise. The present study tested the hypothesis that language implying scientists are a...
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Rhodes M, Gelman S, Leslie S
Trends Cogn Sci
. 2024 Oct;
29(2):122-132.
PMID: 39438162
Generic language, that is, language that refers to a category as an abstract whole (e.g., 'Girls like pink') rather than specific individuals (e.g., 'This girl likes pink'), is a common...
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Foster-Hanson E, Leslie S, Rhodes M
Cogn Sci
. 2022 Dec;
46(12):e13223.
PMID: 36537717
Generic language (e.g., "tigers have stripes") leads children to assume that the referenced category (e.g., tigers) is inductively informative and provides a causal explanation for the behavior of individual members....
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Wang M, Cardarelli A, Leslie S, Rhodes M
Dev Psychol
. 2022 Apr;
58(8):1455-1471.
PMID: 35446067
Language that uses noun labels and generic descriptions to discuss people who do science (e.g., "Let's be scientists! Scientists discover new things") signals to children that "scientists" is a distinctive...
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Leshin R, Leslie S, Rhodes M
Child Dev
. 2021 Jan;
92(4):e531-e547.
PMID: 33511701
A problematic way to think about social categories is to essentialize them-to treat particular differences between people as marking fundamentally distinct social kinds. From where do these beliefs arise? Language...
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Rhodes M, Cardarelli A, Leslie S
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2020 Apr;
117(18):9808-9814.
PMID: 32300013
Subtle features of common language can imply to young children that scientists are a special and distinct kind of person-a way of thinking that can interfere with the development of...
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Lei R, Green E, Leslie S, Rhodes M
Dev Sci
. 2019 Apr;
22(6):e12837.
PMID: 31006163
Over the course of middle childhood, children's interest and beliefs about their own capacities for success in science often decline. This pernicious decline is especially evident among underrepresented groups, including...
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Rhodes M, Leslie S, Yee K, Saunders K
Psychol Sci
. 2019 Feb;
30(3):455-466.
PMID: 30721119
The roots of gender disparities in science achievement take hold in early childhood. The present studies aimed to identify a modifiable feature of young children's environments that could be targeted...
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Bian L, Leslie S, Cimpian A
Am Psychol
. 2018 Dec;
73(9):1139-1153.
PMID: 30525794
Despite the numerous intellectual contributions made by women, we find evidence of bias against them in contexts that emphasize intellectual ability. In the first experiment, 347 participants were asked to...
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