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Ori Friedman
Associate Professor

Developmental Psychology
B.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Boston College)
Phone: (519) 888-4567 Ext.33054
Office: PAS 4019
email:friedman@uwaterloo.ca
UW Child Cognition Lab

Research Interests

My research investigates the developmental origins of concepts underlying abstract social reasoning. One line of research investigates children's reasoning about beliefs and desires; a second line investigates children's ability to engage in and recognize pretend play; and a third line investigates children's and adults' reasoning about ownership of property.

Ori Friedman

Journal Articles and Chapters

Neary, K.R., Van de Vondervoort, J.W., & Friedman, O. (in press). Artifacts and natural kinds: Children's judgments about whether objects are owned. Developmental Psychology. PDF

Sutherland, S. & Friedman, O. (in press). Preschoolers acquire general knowledge by sharing in pretense. Child Development.

Friedman, O., Neary, K.R., Defeyter, M.A., & Malcolm, S.L. (2011). Ownership and object history. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 132, 79-89.

Friedman, O. & Ross, H. (2011). Twenty-one reasons to care about the psychological basis of ownership. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 132, 1-8.

Petrashek, A.R. & Friedman, O. (2011). The signature of inhibition in theory of mind: Children’s predictions of behavior based on avoidance desire. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 18, 199-203

Baker, S., Friedman, O., & Leslie, A.M. (2010). The opposites task: Using general rules to test cognitive flexibility in preschoolers. Journal of Cognition and Development.

Friedman, O. (2010). Necessary for possession: How people reason about the acquisition of ownership. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

Friedman, O., Neary, K.R., Burnstein, C.L., & Leslie, A.M. (2010). Is young children's recognition of pretense metarepresentational or merely behavioral? Evidence from 2- and 3-year-olds' understanding of pretend sounds and speech. Cognition, 115, 314-319.

Neary, K.R., Friedman, O., & Burnstein, C.L. (2009). Preschoolers infer ownership from “control of permission”. Developmental Psychology, 45, 873-876.
Friedman, O. & Neary, K.R. (2009). First possession beyond the law: Adults' and young children's intuitions about ownership. Tulane Law Review, 83, 679-690.
Friedman, O. & Petrashek, A.R. (2009). Children do not follow the rule ‘ignorance means getting it wrong’. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 102, 114-121.

Friedman, O. (2008). First possession: An assumption guiding inferences about who owns what. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 15, 290-295.
Friedman, O., & Neary, K.R. (2008). Determining who owns what: Do children infer ownership from first possession? Cognition, 107, 829-849.
Friedman, O., & Leslie, A.M. (2007). The conceptual underpinnings of pretense: Pretending is not 'behaving-as-if'. Cognition, 105, 103-124.
Bosco, F.M., Friedman, O., & Leslie, A.M. (2006). Recognition of pretend and real actions in play by one- and two-year-olds: Early success and why they fail. Cognitive Development, 21, 3-10. PDF
Griffin, R., Friedman, O., Ween, J., Winner, E., Happé, F. & Brownell, H. (2006). Theory of Mind and the Right Cerebral Hemisphere: Refining the scope of impairment. Laterality, 11, 195-225. PDF
Friedman, O., & Leslie, A.M. (2005). Processing demands in belief-desire reasoning: Inhibition or general difficulty? Developmental Science, 8, 218-225. PDF
Friedman, O., & Leslie, A.M. (2004). A developmental shift in processes underlying successful belief-desire reasoning. Cognitive Science, 28, 963-977. PDF
Leslie, A.M., Friedman, O., & German, T. P. (2004). Core mechanisms in 'theory of mind.' Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 8, 528-533. PDF
Friedman, O. & Leslie, A.M. (2004). Mechanisms of belief-desire reasoning: Inhibition and bias. Psychological Science, 15, 547-552. PDF
Friedman, O., Griffin, R., Brownell, H. & Winner, E. (2003). Problems with the seeing = knowing rule. Developmental Science, 6, 505-513. PDF.

Brownell, H., & Friedman, O. (2001). Discourse ability in patients with unilateral left and right hemisphere brain damage. In R. S. Berndt (Ed.), Handbook of Neuropsychology, 2nd edition, Vol. 3. (pp. 189-203). Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Brownell, H., Griffin, R., Winner, E., Friedman, O., & Happe, F. (2000). Cerebral lateralization and theory of mind. In S. Baron-Cohen, H. Tager-Flusberg, & D. J. Cohen (Eds.), Understanding other minds: Perspectives from autism and developmental cognitive neuroscience, 2nd edition (pp. 311-338). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Current Grants

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Standard Research Grant (2008-2011). Children’s reasoning about ownership of property.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Discovery Grant (2006-2011). Mechanisms of belief-desire reasoning.


	Ori Friedman Associate Professor Developmental Psychology B.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Boston College) Phone: (519) 888-4567 Ext.33054 Office: PAS 4019 email:friedman@uwaterloo.ca UW Child Cognition Lab

Research Interests My research investigates the developmental origins of concepts underlying abstract social reasoning. One line of research investigates children's reasoning about beliefs and desires; a second line investigates children's ability to engage in and recognize pretend play; and a third line investigates children's and adults' reasoning about ownership of property. Ori Friedman Journal Articles and Chapters Neary, K.R., Van de Vondervoort, J.W., & Friedman, O. (in press). Artifacts and natural kinds: Children's judgments about whether objects are owned. Developmental Psychology. PDF Sutherland, S. & Friedman, O. (in press). Preschoolers acquire general knowledge by sharing in pretense. Child Development. Friedman, O., Neary, K.R., Defeyter, M.A., & Malcolm, S.L. (2011). Ownership and object history. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 132, 79-89. Friedman, O. & Ross, H. (2011). Twenty-one reasons to care about the psychological basis of ownership. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 132, 1-8. Petrashek, A.R. & Friedman, O. (2011). The signature of inhibition in theory of mind: Children’s predictions of behavior based on avoidance desire. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 18, 199-203 Baker, S., Friedman, O., & Leslie, A.M. (2010). The opposites task: Using general rules to test cognitive flexibility in preschoolers. Journal of Cognition and Development. Friedman, O. (2010). Necessary for possession: How people reason about the acquisition of ownership. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Friedman, O., Neary, K.R., Burnstein, C.L., & Leslie, A.M. (2010). Is young children's recognition of pretense metarepresentational or merely behavioral? Evidence from 2- and 3-year-olds' understanding of pretend sounds and speech. Cognition, 115, 314-319. Neary, K.R., Friedman, O., & Burnstein, C.L. (2009). Preschoolers infer ownership from “control of permission”. Developmental Psychology, 45, 873-876. Friedman, O. & Neary, K.R. (2009). First possession beyond the law: Adults' and young children's intuitions about ownership. Tulane Law Review, 83, 679-690. Friedman, O. & Petrashek, A.R. (2009). Children do not follow the rule ‘ignorance means getting it wrong’. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 102, 114-121. Friedman, O. (2008). First possession: An assumption guiding inferences about who owns what. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 15, 290-295. Friedman, O., & Neary, K.R. (2008). Determining who owns what: Do children infer ownership from first possession? Cognition, 107, 829-849. Friedman, O., & Leslie, A.M. (2007). The conceptual underpinnings of pretense: Pretending is not 'behaving-as-if'. Cognition, 105, 103-124. Bosco, F.M., Friedman, O., & Leslie, A.M. (2006). Recognition of pretend and real actions in play by one- and two-year-olds: Early success and why they fail. Cognitive Development, 21, 3-10. PDF Griffin, R., Friedman, O., Ween, J., Winner, E., Happé, F. & Brownell, H. (2006). Theory of Mind and the Right Cerebral Hemisphere: Refining the scope of impairment. Laterality, 11, 195-225. PDF Friedman, O., & Leslie, A.M. (2005). Processing demands in belief-desire reasoning: Inhibition or general difficulty? Developmental Science, 8, 218-225. PDF Friedman, O., & Leslie, A.M. (2004). A developmental shift in processes underlying successful belief-desire reasoning. Cognitive Science, 28, 963-977. PDF Leslie, A.M., Friedman, O., & German, T. P. (2004). Core mechanisms in 'theory of mind.' Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 8, 528-533. PDF Friedman, O. & Leslie, A.M. (2004). Mechanisms of belief-desire reasoning: Inhibition and bias. Psychological Science, 15, 547-552. PDF Friedman, O., Griffin, R., Brownell, H. & Winner, E. (2003). Problems with the seeing = knowing rule. Developmental Science, 6, 505-513. PDF. Brownell, H., & Friedman, O. (2001). Discourse ability in patients with unilateral left and right hemisphere brain damage. In R. S. Berndt (Ed.), Handbook of Neuropsychology, 2nd edition, Vol. 3. (pp. 189-203). Amsterdam: Elsevier. Brownell, H., Griffin, R., Winner, E., Friedman, O., & Happe, F. (2000). Cerebral lateralization and theory of mind. In S. Baron-Cohen, H. Tager-Flusberg, & D. J. Cohen (Eds.), Understanding other minds: Perspectives from autism and developmental cognitive neuroscience, 2nd edition (pp. 311-338). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Current Grants Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Standard Research Grant (2008-2011). Children’s reasoning about ownership of property. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Discovery Grant (2006-2011). Mechanisms of belief-desire reasoning.