The University of Queensland

The invention of tomorrow: a natural history of foresight

Suddendorf, Thomas, Redshaw, Jonathan and Bulley, Adam (2022). The invention of tomorrow: a natural history of foresight. 1st ed. New York, NY, United States: Basic Books.

Anticipation of future events

Suddendorf, Thomas and Redshaw, Jonathan (2022). Anticipation of future events. Encyclopedia of animal cognition and behavior. (pp. 349-358) Cham, Switzerland: Springer Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-55065-7_1082

The future-directed functions of the imagination: from prediction to metaforesight

Bulley, Adam, Redshaw, Jonathan and Suddendorf, Thomas (2020). The future-directed functions of the imagination: from prediction to metaforesight. The Cambridge handbook of the imagination. (pp. 425-444) edited by Anna Abraham. New York, NY, United States: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108580298.026

Future-thinking in animals: capacities and limits

Redshaw, Jonathan and Bulley, Adam (2018). Future-thinking in animals: capacities and limits. The psychology of thinking about the future. (pp. 31-51) edited by Gabriele Oettingen, A. Timur Sevincer and Peter M. Gollwitzer. New York, United States : Guilford Press.

Anticipation of future events

Suddendorf, Thomas and Redshaw, Jonathan (2017). Anticipation of future events. Encyclopedia of animal cognition and behavior. (pp. 1-9) Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_1082-1

What are the odds? Preschoolers’ ability to distinguish between possible, impossible, and probabilistically distinct future outcomes

Crimston, Jessica, Redshaw, Jonathan and Suddendorf, Thomas (2023). What are the odds? Preschoolers’ ability to distinguish between possible, impossible, and probabilistically distinct future outcomes. Developmental Psychology, 59 (10), 1881-1891. doi: 10.1037/dev0001587

Young children experience both regret and relief in a gain-or-loss context

Jones, Alicia K., Gautam, Shalini and Redshaw, Jonathan (2023). Young children experience both regret and relief in a gain-or-loss context. Cognition and Emotion, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-8. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2023.2258586

Counterfactual choices and moral judgments in children

Gautam, Shalini, Owen Hall, Ruby, Suddendorf, Thomas and Redshaw, Jonathan (2023). Counterfactual choices and moral judgments in children. Child Development, 94 (5), e296-e307. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13943

Creativity and flexibility in young children's use of external cognitive strategies

Armitage, Kristy L., Suddendorf, Thomas, Bulley, Adam, Bastos, Amalia P. M., Taylor, Alex H. and Redshaw, Jonathan (2023). Creativity and flexibility in young children's use of external cognitive strategies. Developmental Psychology, 59 (6), 995-1005. doi: 10.1037/dev0001562

Early childhood educators' mental state language and children's theory of mind in the preschool setting

Mulvihill, Aisling, Armstrong, Rebecca, Casey, Charlotte, Redshaw, Jonathan, Scarinci, Nerina and Slaughter, Virginia (2023). Early childhood educators' mental state language and children's theory of mind in the preschool setting. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 41 (3), 227-245. doi: 10.1111/bjdp.12449

Counterfactual thinking elicits emotional change in young children

Gautam, Shalini, Suddendorf, Thomas and Redshaw, Jonathan (2022). Counterfactual thinking elicits emotional change in young children. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 377 (1866) 20210346, 1-8. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0346

Thinking about possibilities: mechanisms, ontogeny, functions and phylogeny

Redshaw, Jonathan and Ganea, Patricia A. (2022). Thinking about possibilities: mechanisms, ontogeny, functions and phylogeny. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 377 (1866) 20210333, 1-10. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0333

Developmental changes in children's choices of practice strategies

Casey, Charlotte G. and Redshaw, Jonathan (2022). Developmental changes in children's choices of practice strategies. Learning and Instruction, 80 101625, 101625. doi: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2022.101625

The effect of moral character on children's judgements of transgressions

Cameron, Sophie, Wilks, Matti, Redshaw, Jonathan and Nielsen, Mark (2022). The effect of moral character on children's judgements of transgressions. Cognitive Development, 63 101221, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2022.101221

Young children spontaneously devise an optimal external solution to a cognitive problem

Armitage, Kristy L., Taylor, Alex H., Suddendorf, Thomas and Redshaw, Jonathan (2022). Young children spontaneously devise an optimal external solution to a cognitive problem. Developmental Science, 25 (3) e13204, 1-9. doi: 10.1111/desc.13204

Children boost their cognitive performance with a novel offloading technique

Armitage, Kristy L. and Redshaw, Jonathan (2022). Children boost their cognitive performance with a novel offloading technique. Child Development, 93 (1), 25-38. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13664

The digital social partner: Preschool children display stronger imitative tendency in screen‐based than live learning

Fong, Frankie T. K., Imuta, Kana, Redshaw, Jonathan and Nielsen, Mark (2021). The digital social partner: Preschool children display stronger imitative tendency in screen‐based than live learning. Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, 3 (4) hbe2.280, 585-594. doi: 10.1002/hbe2.280

An old problem revisited: How sensitive is time-based prospective memory to age-related differences?

Varley, Deanna, Henry, Julie D., Gibson, Emily, Suddendorf, Thomas, Rendell, Peter G. and Redshaw, Jonathan (2021). An old problem revisited: How sensitive is time-based prospective memory to age-related differences?. Psychology and Aging, 36 (5), 616-625. doi: 10.1037/pag0000625

The early ontogeny of infants’ imitation of on screen humans and robots

Sommer, Kristyn, Redshaw, Jonathan, Slaughter, Virginia, Wiles, Janet and Nielsen, Mark (2021). The early ontogeny of infants’ imitation of on screen humans and robots. Infant Behavior and Development, 64 101614, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2021.101614

The man and the machine: Do children learn from and transmit tool-use knowledge acquired from a robot in ways that are comparable to a human model?

Fong, Frankie T.K., Sommer, Kristyn, Redshaw, Jonathan, Kang, Jemima and Nielsen, Mark (2021). The man and the machine: Do children learn from and transmit tool-use knowledge acquired from a robot in ways that are comparable to a human model?. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 208 105148, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2021.105148

When efficiency attenuates imitation in preschool children

Fong, Frankie T. K., Imuta, Kana, Redshaw, Jonathan and Nielsen, Mark (2021). When efficiency attenuates imitation in preschool children. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 39 (2), 330-337. doi: 10.1111/bjdp.12366

Young children’s capacity to seek information in preparation for a future event

Brinums, Melissa, Redshaw, Jonathan, Nielsen, Mark, Suddendorf, Thomas and Imuta, Kana (2021). Young children’s capacity to seek information in preparation for a future event. Cognitive Development, 58 101015, 101015. doi: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2021.101015

A cross-cultural comparison: imitation of inefficient tool use in Australian and Malaysian preschool children

Fong, Frankie T. K., Redshaw, Jonathan and Nielsen, Mark (2021). A cross-cultural comparison: imitation of inefficient tool use in Australian and Malaysian preschool children. Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science, 5 (1), 37-47. doi: 10.1007/s41809-021-00077-6

Does neonatal imitation exist? Insights from a meta-analysis of 336 effect sizes

Davis, Jacqueline, Redshaw, Jonathan, Suddendorf, Thomas, Nielsen, Mark, Kennedy-Costantini, Siobhan, Oostenbroek, Janine and Slaughter, Virginia (2021). Does neonatal imitation exist? Insights from a meta-analysis of 336 effect sizes. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 16 (6), 1745691620959834-1397. doi: 10.1177/1745691620959834

When can young children reason about an exclusive disjunction? A follow up to Mody and Carey (2016)

Gautam, Shalini, Suddendorf, Thomas and Redshaw, Jonathan (2021). When can young children reason about an exclusive disjunction? A follow up to Mody and Carey (2016). Cognition, 207 104507, 104507. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2020.104507

Do monkeys and young children understand exclusive “or” relations? A commentary on Ferrigno et al. (2021)

Gautam, Shalini, Suddendorf, Thomas and Redshaw, Jonathan (2021). Do monkeys and young children understand exclusive “or” relations? A commentary on Ferrigno et al. (2021). Psychological Science, 32 (11), 1865-1867. doi: 10.1177/09567976211024641

It's in the bag: Mobile containers in Human Evolution and Child Development

Suddendorf, Thomas, Kirkland, Kelly, Bulley, Adam, Redshaw, Jonathan and Langley, Michelle C. (2020). It's in the bag: Mobile containers in Human Evolution and Child Development. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 2 e48, 1-13. doi: 10.1017/ehs.2020.47

Preparation for certain and uncertain future outcomes in young children and three species of monkey

Suddendorf, Thomas, Watson, Kate, Bogaart, Maddison and Redshaw, Jonathan (2020). Preparation for certain and uncertain future outcomes in young children and three species of monkey. Developmental Psychobiology, 62 (2) dev.21898, 191-201. doi: 10.1002/dev.21898

Children devise and selectively use tools to offload cognition

Bulley, Adam, McCarthy, Thomas, Gilbert, Sam J., Suddendorf, Thomas and Redshaw, Jonathan (2020). Children devise and selectively use tools to offload cognition. Current Biology, 30 (17), 3457-3464.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.035

Developmental origins of cognitive offloading

Armitage, Kristy L., Bulley, Adam and Redshaw, Jonathan (2020). Developmental origins of cognitive offloading. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 287 (1928) 20192927, 1-9. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2927

Could it be so? The cognitive science of possibility

Carey, Susan, Leahy, Brian, Redshaw, Jonathan and Suddendorf, Thomas (2020). Could it be so? The cognitive science of possibility. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 24 (1), 3-4. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2019.11.007

Temporal junctures in the mind

Redshaw, Jonathan and Suddendorf, Thomas (2020). Temporal junctures in the mind. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 24 (1), 52-64. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2019.10.009

Thinking about thinking about time

Redshaw, Jonathan, Bulley, Adam and Suddendorf, Thomas (2019). Thinking about thinking about time. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 42 e273, 46-47. doi: 10.1017/s0140525x19000414

A taxonomy of mental time travel and counterfactual thought: Insights from cognitive development

Gautam, Shalini, Suddendorf, Thomas, Henry, Julie D. and Redshaw, Jonathan (2019). A taxonomy of mental time travel and counterfactual thought: Insights from cognitive development. Behavioural Brain Research, 374 112108, 112108. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2019.112108

Children's perceptions of the moral worth of live agents, robots, and inanimate objects

Sommer, Kristyn, Nielsen, Mark, Draheim, Madeline, Redshaw, Jonathan, Vanman, Eric J. and Wilks, M. (2019). Children's perceptions of the moral worth of live agents, robots, and inanimate objects. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 187 104656, 1-22. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2019.06.009

A cross-cultural investigation of children’s willingness to imitate prosocial and antisocial groups

Wilks, Matti, Redshaw, Jonathan, Mushin, Ilana and Nielsen, Mark (2019). A cross-cultural investigation of children’s willingness to imitate prosocial and antisocial groups. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 185, 164-175. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2019.04.018

Individual differences in neonatal 'imitation' fail to predict early social cognitive behaviour

Redshaw, Jonathan, Nielsen, Mark, Slaughter, Virginia, Kennedy-Costantini, Siobhan, Oostenbroek, Janine, Crimston, Jessica and Suddendorf, Thomas (2019). Individual differences in neonatal 'imitation' fail to predict early social cognitive behaviour. Developmental Science, 23 (2) e12892, e12892. doi: 10.1111/desc.12892

Re-analysis of data reveals no evidence for neonatal imitation in rhesus macaques

Redshaw, Jonathan (2019). Re-analysis of data reveals no evidence for neonatal imitation in rhesus macaques. Biology Letters, 15 (7) 20190342, 20190342. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2019.0342

Creation across culture: children’s tool innovation is influenced by cultural and developmental factors

Neldner, Karri, Redshaw, Jonathan, Murphy, Sean, Tomaselli, Keyan, Davis, Jacqueline, Dixson, Barnaby and Nielsen, Mark (2019). Creation across culture: children’s tool innovation is influenced by cultural and developmental factors. Developmental Psychology, 55 (4), 877-889. doi: 10.1037/dev0000672

Development of children's use of external reminders for hard-to-remember intentions

Redshaw, Jonathan, Vandersee, Johanna, Bulley, Adam and Gilbert, Sam J (2018). Development of children's use of external reminders for hard-to-remember intentions. Child Development, 89 (6), 2099-2108. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13040

Young children's capacity to imagine and prepare for certain and uncertain future outcomes

Redshaw, Jonathan, Leamy, Talia, Pincus, Phoebe and Suddendorf, Thomas (2018). Young children's capacity to imagine and prepare for certain and uncertain future outcomes. PLoS One, 13 (9) e0202606, e0202606. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202606

Re-evaluating the neonatal imitation hypothesis

Oostenbroek, Janine, Redshaw, Jonathan, Davis, Jacqueline, Kennedy-Costantini, Siobhan, Nielsen, Mark, Slaughter, Virginia and Suddendorf, Thomas (2018). Re-evaluating the neonatal imitation hypothesis. Developmental Science, 22 (2) e12720, e12720. doi: 10.1111/desc.12720

Clarifying animal planning capacities

Redshaw, J., Taylor, A. and Suddendorf, T. (2018). Clarifying animal planning capacities. Science

The developmental origins of moral concern: an examination of moral boundary decision making throughout childhood

Neldner, Karri, Crimston, Charlie, Wilks, Matti, Redshaw, Jonathan and Nielsen, Mark (2018). The developmental origins of moral concern: an examination of moral boundary decision making throughout childhood. PLoS One, 13 (5) e0197819, e0197819. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197819

Young children from three diverse cultures spontaneously and consistently prepare for alternative future possibilities

Redshaw, Jonathan, Suddendorf, Thomas, Neldner, Karri, Wilks, Matti, Tomaselli, Keyan, Mushin, Ilana and Nielsen, Mark (2018). Young children from three diverse cultures spontaneously and consistently prepare for alternative future possibilities. Child Development, 90 (1), 51-61. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13084

Misconceptions about adaptive function

Redshaw, Jonathan and Suddendorf, Thomas (2018). Misconceptions about adaptive function. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 41. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X17001480

Flexible planning in ravens?

Redshaw, Jonathan, Taylor, Alex H. and Suddendorf, T. (2017). Flexible planning in ravens?. Trends In Cognitive Sciences, 21 (11), 821-822. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2017.09.001

Preparatory responses to socially determined, mutually exclusive possibilities in chimpanzees and children

Suddendorf, Thomas, Crimston, Jessica and Redshaw, Jonathan (2017). Preparatory responses to socially determined, mutually exclusive possibilities in chimpanzees and children. Biology Letters, 13 (6) 20170170, 20170170. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0170

There is no compelling evidence that human neonates imitate

Kennedy-Costantini, Siobhan, Oostenbroek, Janine, Suddendorf, Thomas, Nielsen, Mark, Redshaw, Jonathan, Davis, Jacqueline, Clark, Sally and Slaughter, Virginia (2017). There is no compelling evidence that human neonates imitate. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 40 e392, e392. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X16001898

Disentangling the effect of event-based cues on children's time-based prospective memory performance

Redshaw, Jonathan, Henry, Julie D. and Suddendorf, Thomas (2016). Disentangling the effect of event-based cues on children's time-based prospective memory performance. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 150, 130-140. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2016.05.008

Children’s and apes’ preparatory responses to two mutually exclusive possibilities

Redshaw, Jonathan and Suddendorf, Thomas (2016). Children’s and apes’ preparatory responses to two mutually exclusive possibilities. Current Biology, 26 (13), 1758-1762. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.04.062

Comprehensive Longitudinal Study Challenges the Existence of Neonatal Imitation in Humans

Oostenbroek, Janine, Suddendorf, Thomas, Nielsen, Mark, Redshaw, Jonathan, Kennedy-Costantini, Siobhan, Davis, Jacqueline, Clark, Sally and Slaughter, Virginia (2016). Comprehensive Longitudinal Study Challenges the Existence of Neonatal Imitation in Humans. Current Biology, 26 (10), 1334-1338. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.03.047

Does metarepresentation make human mental time travel unique?

Redshaw, Jonathan (2014). Does metarepresentation make human mental time travel unique?. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science, 5 (5), 519-531. doi: 10.1002/wcs.1308

Foresight beyond the very next event: four-year-olds can link past and deferred future episodes

Redshaw, Jonathan and Suddendorf, Thomas (2013). Foresight beyond the very next event: four-year-olds can link past and deferred future episodes. Frontiers in Psychology, 4 (404) Article 404, 1-6. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00404

The development of mental scenario building and episodic foresight

Suddendorf, Thomas and Redshaw, Jonathan (2013). The development of mental scenario building and episodic foresight. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1296 (1), 135-153. doi: 10.1111/nyas.12189

Time in the mind of a child: perspectives on the development of temporal cognition

Tillman, Katharine A., Zhang, Meng, Monier, Florie, Redshaw, Jonathan and McCormack, Teresa (2017). Time in the mind of a child: perspectives on the development of temporal cognition. 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2017), London, United Kingdom, 26-29 July 2017. Austin, TX USA: The Cognitive Science Society.

Why the ability to imagine the future is at the heart of human nature – even if we often get it terribly wrong

Suddendorf, Thomas , Redshaw, Jonathan and Bulley, Adam (2022, 10 14). Why the ability to imagine the future is at the heart of human nature – even if we often get it terribly wrong The Globe and Mail

The nature, ontogeny, and phylogeny of episodic foresight

Redshaw, Jonathan (2015). The nature, ontogeny, and phylogeny of episodic foresight. PhD Thesis, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2015.344