Denis Tatone

Dr. Denis Tatone is a Lecturer in Psychology at the School of Psychology, University of Plymouth. His research focuses on infant cognitive development, particularly how infants perceive social interactions, caregiving relationships, and prosocial behaviors.

His work explores foundational questions in social cognition, including the representation of giving/taking actions, third-party helping interactions, and cost-benefit analysis in early social reasoning. Key themes from his publications include infant expectations of prosocial behavior, cross-species comparisons (e.g., chimpanzee cognition), and methodological rigor in replication studies.

Recent articles highlight his interest in

• How infants interpret utility and cost in goal-directed actions
• Modulation of brain oscillations during social interaction observation
• Structural asymmetries in social event representation
• Frugal ownership concepts in distributive dilemmas