Dr. Ma’s research centers on social-cognitive development in early childhood. More specifically, she studies how children make social judgments and decisions based on information from various sources. Some of her current areas of interest include (1) children’s selective learning from others, (2) children’s credulity toward misinformation, (3) early social understanding based on patterns of evidence, and (4) the effects of scarcity on children’s judgment and decision-making. Her current research is supported by a Discovery Grant from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC).
