External Funding

Experience and the Development of Folk Biological Reasoning. (August 1 2003 - July 31 2008). National Science Foundation, Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, Program in Developmental and Learning Sciences/Children's Research Initiative.

Refereed Articles

Coley, J.D., Hayes, B., Lawson, C., & Moloney, M. (2004). Knowledge, expectations, and inductive inferences within conceptual hierarchies.   Cognition , 90 , 217-253

Medin, D., Coley, J.D., Storms, G. & Hayes, B.   (2003).   A relevance theory of induction.   Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 10, 517-532.

Shafto, P. & Coley, J.D.   (2003). Development of categorization and reasoning in the natural world: Novices to experts, naïve similarity to ecological knowledge. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition , 29, 641-649.

Ross, N., Medin, D.L., Coley, J.D., & Atran, S.   (2003). Cultural and experiential differences in the development of biological induction. Cognitive Development, 18, 25-47.

Stepanova, O. & Coley, J.D.   (2002). The green-eyed monster: Concepts of envy and jealousy in Russian and English. Journal of Cognition & Culture, 2 , 235-262.

Ahn, W., Kalish, C., Gelman, S.A., Medin, D.L., Luhmann, C., Atran, S., Coley, J.D. & Shafto, P.   (2001).   Why essences are essential in the psychology of concepts.   Cognition , 82 , 59-69.

Coley, J.D.   (2000).   On the importance of comparative research: The case of folkbiology.   Child Development , 71 , 82-90.

Chapters in Edited Volumes

Coley, J.D., Shafto, P., Stepanova, O, & Barraff, E. (2005). Knowledge and category-based induction. In Ahn, W., Goldstone, R. L., Love, B. C., Markman, A. B., & Wolff, P. (Eds.), Categorization inside and outside the laboratory: Essays in honor of Douglas L. Medin. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Coley, J.D., Solomon, G.E.A., & Shafto, P.   (2002). The development of folkbiology: A cognitive science perspective on children's understanding of the biological world.  In P. Kahn & S. Kellert (Eds.), Children and nature: Psychological, sociocultural and evolutionary investigations (65-91). Cambridge, MA:   MIT Press.

National or International Presentations

Baker, A. & Coley, J.D. (2005). Taxonomic and ecological relations in open-ended induction. Paper presented at the 27th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Stresa, Italy.

Baraff, E. & Coley, J.D. (2003). Thinking About Music: Novice and Expert Inductive Reasoning. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Boston.

Coley, J.D. (2005). Relational Properties in Folk Biological Induction. Paper presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.

Coley, J.D. & Baker, A. (2004). Taxonomic and Ecological Relations in Open-Ended Folk Biological Induction. Paper presented at the Fifth International Conference on Thinking, Leuven, Belgium.

Coley, J.D., Baker, A, & Kemp, C. (2004). Taxonomic and Ecological Relations in Open-Ended Induction. Paper presented at the 45 th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Minneapolis.

Coley, J.D. & Baraff, E. (2003). Effects of Time Pressure on Expert and Novice Category-Based Induction. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Coley, J.D. & Blaszczyk, K. (2003). Salience of taxonomic versus ecological relations in urban and rural children's folk biology. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, FL.

Coley, J.D. & Freeman, A.C. (2003). Folk biological induction in urban and rural children. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, FL.

Coley, J.D., Medin, D.L. & James, L.B.   (1999).   Folk biological induction among Native American children.   Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, NM.

Coley, J.D., Medin, D.L., Ross, N. & Atran, S. (2001).   Anthropocentrism in folk biology: A comparison of urban, rural and Native American children.   Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.

Coley, J.D. & Stepanova, O. (2003). Knowledge and category-based induction. Paper presented at Categorization Inside and Outside the Lab: Festschrift in Honor of Douglas L. Medin, Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe IL.

Coley, J.D., Vitkin, A.Z., Seaton, C.E. & Yopchick, J.E (2005). Effects of Experience on Relational Inferences in Children: The Case of Folk Biology. Paper presented at the 27th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Stresa, Italy.

Hayes, B., Coley, J.D., Lawson, C., & Moloney, M. (2004). Knowledge, Expectations, and Inductive Inferences Within Conceptual Hierarchies. Paper presented at the Fifth Annual International Conference on Thinking, Leuven, Belgium.

Shafto, P. & Coley, J.D. (2001).   From the depths of the sea to you and me: Expertise and adult conceptual development.   Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.

Stepanova, O. & Coley, J.D. (2003). Animals And Alcohol: The Role of Experience in Inductive Reasoning Among College Students. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Vitkin, A.Z., Coley, J.D. & Hu, R. (2005). Children’s Use of Relevance in Open-Ended Induction in the Domain of Biology. Paper presented at the 27th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Stresa, Italy.

Vitkin, A., Coley, J.D. & Kane, R. (2004). The Role of Experience in the Development of Biological Reasoning in Children. Paper presented at the 45 th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Minneapolis.

Vitkin, A., Coley, J.D. & Kane, R. (2005). Salience of Taxonomic and Ecological Relations in Children's Biological Categorization. Paper presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.

Invited Colloquia

Experience and the Development of Folk Biological Reasoning. Invited colloquium, Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center, Belmont MA (March, 2005).

Experience and the Development of Folk Biological Reasoning. Department of Applied Developmental Psychology, Boston College (March 2004).

Experience and the Development of Folk Biological Reasoning. Department of Psychology, Emory University (October, 2003).

Knowledge and Inductive Reasoning. Department of Psychology, Yale University (October 2003).

The Impact of Experience and Culture on Folk Biological Induction. Department of Psychology, Smith College (February, 2002).

Knowledge, Experience, and Inductive Reasoning.   Center for the Study of Human Development, Department of Education, Brown University (October, 2002).

The Impact of experience on understanding the biological world. Department of Psychology, Boston University (November, 2001).

Reasoning about Plants and Animals: A Comparison of Urban, Rural and Native American Children. Department of Psychology, Miami University (September, 2000).

Local Presentations

Baraff, L. & Coley, J.D. (2002). Expert and Novice Inductive Reasoning in Fast and Slow Conditions. Poster presented at Northeastern University College of Arts & Sciences Experiential Education Expo, Boston.

Barnes, M., Shafto, P. & Coley, J.D. (2004). Taxonomic and Thematic Relations in Novices'Folkbiological Concepts.    Poster presented at Northeastern University Research & Technology Expo, Boston.

Blaszczyk, K. & Coley, J.D. (2002). Rural and Urban Children Reasoning about Nature. Poster presented at Northeastern University College of Arts & Sciences Experiential Education Expo, Boston.

Coley, J.D., Hammond, J., Kane, R., Mezzetti, A., & Vitkin, A. (2004). Experience and the Development of Folkbiological Reasoning.   Poster presented at Northeastern University Research & Technology Expo, Boston.

Freeman, A.C. & Coley, J.D.   (2000).   Folk Biological Reasoning in Urban and Rural Children . Poster presented at Northeastern University College of Arts & Sciences Experiential Education Expo, Boston .

Jacobs, L., Kemp, C., Shafto, P., & Coley, J.D. (2004).   The Role of Causal Properties in Conceptual Structure.   Poster presented at Northeastern University Research & Technology Expo, Boston.

Kemp, C., Kane, T., Slater, F., Martinez-Zuviria, A., Stepanova, O. & Coley, J.D. (2003). When You Think that Birds are Mammals: The Role of Experience in Inductive Reasoning. Poster presented at Northeastern University College of Arts & Sciences Experiential Education Expo, Boston.

Kemp, C., Kane, T., Stepanova, O., & Coley, J.D. (2002). Experience and Reasoning about Alcoholic Drinks in Undergraduates. Poster presented at Northeastern University College of Arts & Sciences Experiential Education Expo, Boston.

Lawson, C.   & Coley, J.D.   (2000). Folk Biological Reasoning: The Distinction between Knowledge and Expectations.   Poster presented at Northeastern University College of Arts & Sciences Experiential Education Expo, Boston .

Luhmann, C. & Coley, J.D.   (2000a).   Domain specific relations between typicality and absolute category membership .   Paper presented at 25 th Annual Greater Boston Undergraduate Psychological Research Conference, Boston.   (Winner, Conference Award for Excellence.)

Luhmann, C. & Coley, J.D. (2000b).   Domain Specific Relations between Typicality and Absolute Category Membership.   Poster presented at Northeastern University College of Arts & Sciences Experiential Education Expo, Boston .

Mouskounti, T., Baker, A. & Coley, J.D. (2002). Taxonomic and Ecologically-Based   Reasoning Strategies among Experts and Novices. Poster presented at Northeastern University College of Arts & Sciences Experiential Education Expo, Boston.

Nicolazzo, A., Kolter, R. & Coley, J.D. (2003). Effects of Time Pressure on Biological Reasoning. Poster presented at Northeastern University College of Arts & Sciences Experiential Education Expo, Boston.

Psichopaidas, E., Bird, A., Bane, L., Ileka, C., Shafto, P., & Coley, J.D. (2004). Similarity, Naming, and Thematic Relations in Undergraduates Folkbiological Concepts. Poster presented at Northeastern University Research & Technology Expo, Boston.

Schuler, C. & Coley, J.D. (2002). Cognitive Flexibility, Generalization   and Idiosyncratic Behavior in Children with Autism. Poster presented at Northeastern University College of Arts & Sciences Experiential Education Expo, Boston.

Seaton, C., Hu, R. & Coley, J.D. (2005). The Development of Folkbiological Induction in Children. Poster presented at Northeastern University Research & Technology Expo, Boston.

Shafto, D., Pineros, E. & Coley, J.D. (2000). Ser and Estar Helps Spanish Speakers Identify Real and Apparent   Properties . Poster presented at Northeastern University College of Arts & Sciences Experiential Education Expo, Boston .

Yee, L. & Coley, J.D.   (2000). Cultural Differences in Suggestibility among Chinese and European American Children . Poster presented at Northeastern University College of Arts & Sciences Experiential Education Expo, Boston.

Yopchick, J., Israelson, T. & Coley, J.D. (2005). The Effects of Experience on Children's Reasoning about Folk Biology. Poster presented at Northeastern University Research & Technology Expo, Boston.