Celeste Kidd's lab received a BCNM Faculty Seed Grant for "Truth, lies, and misinformation during cognitive development." Read more about the results of the project! Read more

Check out the great work of our faculty and alumni around the web this Summer! Read more

Celeste Kidd and co-author Abeba Birhane have a new article in Science on how models can convey biases and false information to users! Read more

We're so proud to share some our greatest successes from 2022-2023!  Read more

Why are babies small and grownups big? Why are babies so helpless, instead of little versions of adults? Do babies know they're babies? How do babies grow? How do babies learn to talk? Read more

Is a dog more similar to a chicken or an eagle? Is a penguin noisy? Is a whale friendly?

Celeste Kidd and team say these absurd-sounding questions might help us better understand what’s at the heart of some of society’s most vexing arguments.  Read more

Check out the video of Celeste Kidd on truth, lies and misinformation during cognitive development. Read more

Celeste Kidd's lab presented at the Cognitive Development Center Conference 2023. Read more

Check out the great work of our faculty and alumni around the web this December! Read more

Celeste Kidd and Carolyn Baer published "Learning with certainty in childhood" in Science Direct. Read more

New research from Celeste Kidd published in Biology Letters. Read more

Celeste Kidd's lab is featured on Berkeley News in the article titled "Like it or not, we’re prone to adopt popular beliefs, even fake ones." Read more

We're so proud to share some our greatest successes from 2022!  Read more

BCNM is pleased to announce the recipients of the Fall 2022 Faculty Seed Grants! Read more

Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this June! Read more

Celeste Kidd talked on a Rethinking Economics panel about the governance, ethics, and bias of AI and other similar technologies.  Read more

Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this April! Read more

BCNM faculty member Celeste Kidd is a recipient of the Janet Taylor Spence Award for her work on knowledge acquisition! Read more

UC Berkeley Assistant Professor of Psychology Celeste Kidd was featured on the Under the Cortex podcast to discuss her research as a winner of the Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions.  Read more

Celeste Kidd speaks at AI Debate 2 "Moving AI Forward: An Interdisciplinary Approach". Read more

Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this January! Read more

How do babies learn to talk? Do babies know they're babies? Celeste Kidd answers these questions in VPR's new podcast episode! Read more

Celeste Kidd features on Let's Learn About: How Humans Form Knowledge Read more

Celeste Kidd received a Seed Grant to examine "The role of reasoning and metacognition during belief formation in the internet era". Read more

Celeste Kidd receives John Templeton Grant which is awarded to the development of curiosity in childhood.  Read more

Celeste Kidd received a 2019 BCNM Faculty Seed Grant for "The Role of Reasoning and Metacognition During Belief Formation in the Internet Era." Read more