Inferring relationships from observed behaviors.

Jan 1, 0001

We value our friends and social partners - placing weight on our relationships when making decisions like where to move to or who to root for in a competition. One line of my research explores how we can use acts of prosocial and antisocial behavior to make inferences about future interactions between individuals.

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Alexis Smith-Flores
Alexis Smith-Flores
PhD student in Experimental Psychology

My research interests include infant social cognition, emotion reasoning, and object representation.

Publications

Infants expect friends, but not rivals, to be happy for each other when they succeed
Emotions arise not just from people’s own circumstances, but also from the experiences of friends and rivals. Here we asked if human …
Alexis Smith-Flores, Isabel Herrera-Guevara, Lindsey J. Powell
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Infants expect friends, but not rivals, to be happy for each other when they succeed
Yay! Yuck! Toddlers use others' emotional responses to reason about hidden objects
Young children show sensitivity to others’ emotions, discriminating between facial expressions and using them to help guide their …
Alexis Smith-Flores, Lisa Feigenson
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Yay! Yuck! Toddlers use others' emotional responses to reason about hidden objects