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John Opfer

Research interests

Conceptual development; representation; categorization, analogy and induction; numerical cognition

Recent Publications


Furlong, E. E., & Opfer, J. E. (in press). Cognitive constraints on how economic rewards affect cooperation. Psychological Science.
Opfer, J. E., & DeVries, J. (in press). Development of magnitude estimation: Why young children can make more accurate salary comparisons than adults. Cognition.
Opfer, J. E., & Thompson, C. A. (2008). The trouble with transfer: Insights from microgenetic changes in the representation of numerical magnitude. Child Development, 79, 790 -806.
Opfer, J. E., & Bulloch, M. J. (2007). Causal relations drive young children's induction, naming, and categorization. Cognition, 105, 206 -217.
Opfer, J. E., & Siegler, R. S. (2007). Representational change and children's numerical estimation. Cognitive Psychology, 55, 169-195.



Links

Developmental Program Cognitive Program Web Page Concepts & Learning Lab

Associate Professor

Address

245 Psychology Building
1835 Neil Avenue Mall
Columbus, OH 43210
(614) 292-9547
opfer.7@osu.edu