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Young dictators—Speaking about oneself decreases generosity in children from two cultural contexts (2024)
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Weltzien, S., Marsh, L., Kanngiesser, P., & Hood, B. (2024). Young dictators—Speaking about oneself decreases generosity in children from two cultural contexts. PLoS ONE, 19(3), Article e0300200. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300200

Sharing of resources is a common feature of human societies. Yet, there is substantial societal variation in children’s generosity, and this variation emerges during middle childhood. Societal differences in self-construal orientation may be one fact... Read More about Young dictators—Speaking about oneself decreases generosity in children from two cultural contexts.

The influence of collaboration and culture on the IKEA effect: Does cocreation alter perceptions of value in British and Indian children? (2022)
Journal Article
Marsh, L. E., Gil, J., & Kanngiesser, P. (2022). The influence of collaboration and culture on the IKEA effect: Does cocreation alter perceptions of value in British and Indian children?. Developmental Psychology, 58(4), 662-670. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001321

Creating objects can increase our evaluation of them, even when we compare them to physically identical copies (IKEA effect). Here we evaluate the influence of collaboration on the IKEA effect in two societies – the UK and India. 128 5-to-6-year-old... Read More about The influence of collaboration and culture on the IKEA effect: Does cocreation alter perceptions of value in British and Indian children?.

Thinking of me: Self-focus reduces sharing and helping in seven- to eight-year-olds (2018)
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Weltzien, S., Marsh, L. E., & Hood, B. (2018). Thinking of me: Self-focus reduces sharing and helping in seven- to eight-year-olds. PLoS ONE, 13(1), Article e0189752. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189752

By 7-to 8-years of age, most children readily adhere to prosocial norms aimed at benefiting others through giving up time and effort (helping) or resources (sharing). Two studies explored whether sharing and helping by 7-to 8-year olds (N = 180) coul... Read More about Thinking of me: Self-focus reduces sharing and helping in seven- to eight-year-olds.

When and how does labour lead to love? The ontogeny and mechanisms of the IKEA effect (2017)
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Marsh, L. E., Kanngiesser, P., & Hood, B. (2018). When and how does labour lead to love? The ontogeny and mechanisms of the IKEA effect. Cognition, 170, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2017.10.012

We elevate our constructions to a special status in our minds. This ‘IKEA’ effect leads us to believe that our creations are more valuable than items that are identical, but constructed by another. This series of studies utilises a developmental pers... Read More about When and how does labour lead to love? The ontogeny and mechanisms of the IKEA effect.

The imitation game: effects of social cues on 'imitation' are domain-general in nature (2016)
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Marsh, L. E., Bird, G., & Catmur, C. (2016). The imitation game: effects of social cues on 'imitation' are domain-general in nature. NeuroImage, 139, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.06.050

Imitation has been hailed as ‘social glue’, facilitating rapport with others. Previous studies suggest that social cues modulate imitation but the mechanism of such modulation remains underspecified. Here we examine the locus, specificity, and neural... Read More about The imitation game: effects of social cues on 'imitation' are domain-general in nature.

Responses to irrational actions in action observation and mentalising networks of the human brain (2014)
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Marsh, L. E., Mullett, T. L., Ropar, D., & Hamilton, A. F. D. C. (2014). Responses to irrational actions in action observation and mentalising networks of the human brain. NeuroImage, 103, 81-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.09.020

By observing other people, we can often infer goals and motivations behind their actions. This study examines the role of the action observation network (AON) and the mentalising network (MZN) in the perception of rational and irrational actions. Pas... Read More about Responses to irrational actions in action observation and mentalising networks of the human brain.

Dissociation of mirroring and mentalising systems in autism (2011)
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Marsh, L. E., & Hamilton, A. F. D. C. (2011). Dissociation of mirroring and mentalising systems in autism. NeuroImage, 56(3), 1511-1519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.02.003

The role of mirror neuron systems and mentalising systems in causing poor social and communication skills in individuals with autistic spectrum conditions is hotly debated. We studied 18 adults with autistic spectrum conditions in comparison to 19 ag... Read More about Dissociation of mirroring and mentalising systems in autism.