Emily Reed Burdett
Contact details
Telephone: 01865 762 629
Email: Emily.burdett@anthro.ox.ac.uk
Research Interests
cognitive science of religion, cognition and culture, counterintuitive concepts and cultural transmission, God concepts, conceptualizations of identity across the lifespan, Theory of Mind, hemispheric differences, cognitive development, child development, children's reasoning strategies
Teaching
‘Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Psychology and Neuroscience’, Psychology of Religion, Brain and Behaviour, Learning and Memory, Research Methods
Publications:
Burdett, E.R., & Barrett, J. L. (forthcoming) ‘Children’s notions of immortality in humans and super-agents.’ Manuscript in preparation.
Burdett, E. R., & Barrett, J. L. (forthcoming) ‘Clarification of the ignorance belief task.’ Manuscript in preparation.
Cohen, E., Burdett, E. R., Knight, N., & Barrett, J. L. (in press) ‘Cross-Cultural Similarities and Differences in Person-Body Reasoning: Experimental Evidence from the UK and Brazilian Amazon.’ Cognitive Science.
Barrett, J., & Burdett, E. R. (in press) ‘Research profile: the cognitive science of religion.’ The Psychologist.
Barrett, J.L., Burdett, E. R., & Porter, T. (2009) ‘Counterintuiveness in folktales.’ Journal of Cognition and Culture, 9, 271-287.
Burdett, E. R. (2009). Book Review for A Friendly Letter to Skeptics and Atheists. Journal of Cognition and Culture, 9, 144-145.
Conferences:
Burdett, E. R., & Barrett, J. L. (2011). ‘Children’s strategies when reasoning about people and supernatural agents: A cross-cultural exploration.’ Paper to be presented to the Society for Research in Cognitive Development, April, 2011.
Burdett, E. R., & Barrett, J. L. (2011). ‘Young childrens’ reasoning strategies using an ignorance belief task.’ Poster to be presented for Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development, January, 2011.
Burdett, E. R., & Barrett, J. L. (2011). ‘Reasoning strategies across folk ontologies and across cultures.’ Invited paper to be presented for Bristol University Developmental Group, January, 2011.
Burdett, E. R., & Barrett, J. L. (2010). ‘God is more than just a man in the sky: Children’s strategies when reasoning about God.’ Paper presented at the Society for Scientific Study of Religion, October, 2010.
Burdett, E. R., & Barrett, J.L. (2010). ‘Children’s strategies for reasoning about people and God.’ Paper presented at the Cognition, Theology, and Religion conference, June, 2010.
Burdett, E. R., & Barrett, J. L. (2010). ‘Does mom live forever? Children’s understanding of immortality.’ Virtual Poster Presented for grantees of Cognition, Religion, and Theology project, April, 2010.
Burdett, E. R., & Barrett, J. L. (2010). ‘Do mom and God know what I know? Exploring the ignorance bias.’ Virtual Poster presented for grantees Cognition, Religion, and Theology project, December, 2010.
Burdett, E. R., & Barret, J.L. (2009). ‘How do children think about God? Jewish and Anglican children’s intuitions about God’s divine nature.’ Paper presented at Society for Scientific Study of Religion, October, 2009.
Burdett, E. R., & Barrett, J. L. (2009). ‘How do children track change? Further advances in the theory of mind.’ Poster presented at the Cognitive Development Society, October, 2009.
Burdett, E. R. (2009). ‘Will mum and God always remain the same? Exploring children’s intuitions about change and immutability in humans and in God.’ Paper presented at Culture, Cognition, and Construction Conference at London School of Economics, London, May, 2009.
Burdett, E. R., & Kee, D. (2008). ‘Cradling differences in response to infant emotional expression and hemispheric activation.’ Poster presented at American Psychological Association Convention, Boston, August, 2008.
Williams, K.M., Burdett, E.R., & Van, A. (2008). Employee obligations, satisfaction and productivity: a study of clinical professionals. Poster presented at the Western Psychological Association Convention, Irvine, April, 2008.
Plaxton-Hennings, C., Brown, J., Reed, E., & Hauser, E. (2005). Religiosity and spirituality as mediators of the stress/immune relationship. Poster presented at the Western Psychological Association Convention, Portland, April, 2005.
Plaxton-Hennings, C., Nicastro, S., Wong-Goodrich, S., Brown, J., Reed, E., Ramage, M., & Zaha, N. (2004). The effects of stress on immune functioning in college students. Poster presented at the Western Psychological Association Convention, Phoenix, April, 2004.
Plaxton-Hennings, C., Nicastro, S., Wong-Goodrich, S., Brown, J., Zaha, N., Reed, E., Ramage, M., & Grace, A. (2003). Eating disorders and religiosity among a college aged population. Invited talk at Common Day of Learning at Azusa Pacific University, March, 2003.
