Deborah Kelemen

Deborah Kelemen

Boston University

H-index: 36

North America-United States

About Deborah Kelemen

Deborah Kelemen, With an exceptional h-index of 36 and a recent h-index of 31 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Boston University, specializes in the field of Cognition, Development, Conceptual Development, Science Education.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Don't bug me!: The role of names, functions, and feelings in shaping children's and adults' conservation attitudes about unappealing species

The moral consequences of teleological beliefs about the human species.

Teachers' mindset and science understanding in elementary school

Are humans part of the natural world? US children's and adults’ concept of nature and its relationship to environmental concern

Is book reading always best? Children learn and transfer complex scientific explanations from books or animations

Why we should care about moral foundations when preparing for the next pandemic: Insights from Canada, the UK and the US

Is Biology Destiny? The Coherence of Children's Beliefs About Physical and Psychological Traits

Genetics understanding in primary school

Deborah Kelemen Information

University

Position

Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences

Citations(all)

8057

Citations(since 2020)

3121

Cited By

6314

hIndex(all)

36

hIndex(since 2020)

31

i10Index(all)

51

i10Index(since 2020)

42

Email

University Profile Page

Boston University

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Deborah Kelemen Skills & Research Interests

Cognition

Development

Conceptual Development

Science Education

Top articles of Deborah Kelemen

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Don't bug me!: The role of names, functions, and feelings in shaping children's and adults' conservation attitudes about unappealing species

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Deborah Kelemen

Sarah A Brown

Lizette Pizza

2023/5/1

The moral consequences of teleological beliefs about the human species.

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Casey Lewry

Deborah Kelemen

Tania Lombrozo

2023/7/20

Teachers' mindset and science understanding in elementary school

Léa Tân Combette

Deborah Kelemen

2023/1/31

Are humans part of the natural world? US children's and adults’ concept of nature and its relationship to environmental concern

Topics in Cognitive Science

Lizette Pizza

Deborah Kelemen

2023/7

Is book reading always best? Children learn and transfer complex scientific explanations from books or animations

Evolution: Education and Outreach

Samuel Ronfard

Sarah A Brown

Emma Pitt

Deborah Kelemen

2023/6/5

Why we should care about moral foundations when preparing for the next pandemic: Insights from Canada, the UK and the US

Plos one

Lizette Pizza

Samuel Ronfard

John D Coley

Deborah Kelemen

2023/5/12

Is Biology Destiny? The Coherence of Children's Beliefs About Physical and Psychological Traits

The Coherence of Children's Beliefs About Physical and Psychological Traits

Léa Tân Combette

Deborah Kelemen

2023/12/27

Genetics understanding in primary school

Léa Tân Combette

Deborah Kelemen

2023/5/4

Early Education and Natural Selection: Examining Conceptual Understanding and Mindset Effects

Léa Tân Combette

Deborah Kelemen

2023/8/11

Why belief in species purpose prompts moral condemnation of individuals who fail to fulfill

Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society

Casey Lewry

Deborah Kelemen

Tania Lombrozo

2021

Children use artifacts to infer others’ shared interests

Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society

Madison L Pesowski

Deborah Kelemen

Adena Schachner

2021

Çocuklar ‘Sezgisel Tanrıcı’mıdır? Doğada Amaç ve Tasarım Hakkında Akıl Yürütme

Marife Dini Araştırmalar Dergisi

Deborah KELEMEN

Osman Zahid ÇİFÇİ (çeviren)

2021

Inhibiting intuition: Scaffolding children's theory construction about species evolution in the face of competing explanations

Cognition

Samuel Ronfard

Sarah Brown

Erin Doncaster

Deborah Kelemen

2021/6/1

Beliefs about origins and eternal life: How easy is formal religious theory development?

Journal of Cognition and Development

Deborah Kelemen

Natalie Emmons

Sarah A Brown

Connor Gallik

2021/5/27

Creating a short measure of teleological bias

Deborah Kelemen

Sarah A Brown

Josh Rottman

Alden Burnham

2021/3/17

Anchoring Phenomena

Sarah A Brown

Deborah Kelemen

2020/4/22

Does viewing Earth as a person and nature as intentionally designed impact beliefs about the immorality of environmentally damaging acts?

Lizette Pizza Becerra

Manuela Benitez de la Cruz

Deborah Kelemen

2020

People view humans as existing for purposes and condemn those who fail to fulfill them.

Casey Lewry

Tania Lombrozo

Deborah Kelemen

2020

The moral, or the story? Changing children's distributive justice preferences through social communication

Cognition

Joshua Rottman

Valerie Zizik

Kelly Minard

Liane Young

Peter R Blake

...

2020/12/1

Teaching natural selection in early elementary classrooms: can a storybook intervention reduce teleological misunderstandings?

Evolution: Education and Outreach

Sarah A Brown

Samuel Ronfard

Deborah Kelemen

2020/12

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Co-Authors

H-index: 106
Antony Manstead

Antony Manstead

Cardiff University

H-index: 88
Paul Bloom

Paul Bloom

Yale University

H-index: 63
Liane Young

Liane Young

Boston College

H-index: 32
Patricia Ganea

Patricia Ganea

University of Toronto

H-index: 18
Joshua Rottman

Joshua Rottman

Franklin and Marshall College

H-index: 15
Adena Schachner

Adena Schachner

University of California, San Diego

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