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Paul Muentener is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the Cognitive Development Laboratory at Tufts University, affiliated with the School of Arts and Sciences. He holds a PhD in Psychology from Harvard University, an MA in Psychology from Harvard, and a BA in Psychology from Georgetown University. His research explores the foundations of cognitive development, language-cognition interactions, and early individual differences, with specific focus on infants' causal reasoning, children's causal language, and adults' beliefs about cognitive development.
Dr. Muentener's research employs diverse methodologies including eye-tracking, behavioral actions, and language analysis to investigate cognitive processes across development. His work examines how children form representations of the physical world and social environments.
Research trends from recent publications show consistent focus on language development in causal reasoning, children's explanatory frameworks, and how failure experiences shape learning mechanisms. Studies span multiple cultural contexts and integrate developmental psychology with linguistic analysis.
The Cognitive Development Laboratory supports graduate and undergraduate research, with opportunities for student involvement across multiple research projects exploring cognitive and language development.
