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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?.

Considering self or others across two cultural contexts: How children’s resource allocation is affected by self-construal manipulations (2019)
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Weltzien, S., Marsh, L., Kanngiesser, P., Stuijfzand, B., & Hood, B. (2019). Considering self or others across two cultural contexts: How children’s resource allocation is affected by self-construal manipulations. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 184, 139-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2019.04.002

Most humans share to some degree. Yet, from middle childhood, sharing behavior varies substantially across societies. Here, for the first time, we explored the effect of self-construal manipulation on sharing decisions in 7- and 8-year-old children f... Read More about Considering self or others across two cultural contexts: How children’s resource allocation is affected by self-construal manipulations.

Are you watching me?: the role of audience and object novelty on overimitation (2019)
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Marsh, L. E., Ropar, D., & De C. Hamilton, A. F. (2019). Are you watching me?: the role of audience and object novelty on overimitation. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 180, 123-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2018.12.010

This study tests whether overimitation is subject to an audience effect, and whether it is modulated by object novelty. Eighty-six 4-to-11-year old children watched a demonstrator open novel and familiar boxes, using sequences of necessary and unnece... Read More about Are you watching me?: the role of audience and object novelty on overimitation.

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.

Children with autism do not overimitate (2013)
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Marsh, L., Pearson, A., Ropar, D., & Hamilton, A. (2013). Children with autism do not overimitate. Current Biology, 23(7), R266-R268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2013.02.036

Copying the behaviour of others is important for forming social bonds with other people and for learning about the world [1]. After seeing an actor demonstrate actions on a novel object, typically developing (TD) children faithfully copy both necessa... Read More about Children with autism do not overimitate.

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.