Cornell Institute for Research on Children

Click the links below to download abstracts of CIRC’s commissioned studies or learn more about the authors.

The validity of child custody fitness evaluations: psychological, legal, and policy implications

Team Members:
William O'Donohue, University of Nevada
Robert Emery, University of Virginia
Randy Otto, University of South Florida

Neurotoxicants, micronutrients, and child development in context

Team Members:
Laura Hubbs, Oklahoma State University
David Bellinger, Harvard University Medical School
Jack Nation, Texas A&M University
Nancy Krebs, University of Colorado

The cognitive, economic, and social consequences of "Universal Pre-Kindergarten" initiatives

Team Members:
Matthew Scullin, West Virginia University
Wendy M. Williams, Cornell University
Stephen J. Ceci, Cornell University

How developmental science can inform the courts

Team Members:
Maggie Bruck, Johns Hopkins University
Mark Howe, Lockhead University
Jodi Quas, University of California-Irvine
Michael Lamb, National Institutes of Health
Lucy McGough, Louisiana State University

Students’ Flawed Self-Assesments: Implications for education, health, and eventually the workplace

Team Members:
David A. Dunning, Cornell University
Chip Heath, Stanford University
Jerry Suls, University of Iowa

Risky decision making among adolescents

Team Members:
Valerie Reyna, University of Texas
Baruch Fischoff, Carnegie Mellon University

The role of schooling in promoting intelligence

Team Members:
James Heckman, University of Chicago
Stephen J. Ceci, Cornell University

Illusory correlations in prevalence estimates of childhood diagnoses

Team Members:
Morton Ann Gernsbacher, University of Wisconsin
David Miklowitz, University of Colorado

In-House Research/infrastructure development projects: (A) Development of Longitudinal Data Set/Archive on lifecourse experiences of minority and low SES white youth; (B) a retrospective longitudinal analysis of the effects of high school summer enrichment programs on lifecourse outcomes for ethnic minority and low SES white youth

Team Members:
Matthew C. Makel, Cornell University
Paul B. Papierno, Cornell University
Wendy M. Williams, Cornell University
Stephen J. Ceci, Cornell University