Kelemen, Deborah

Are Children “Intuitive Theists”?: Reasoning About Purpose and Design in Nature

Kelemen, D. (2004) · Psychological Science

Child and Animal Learning DevelopmentEvolution and Science Education

Cited by 594

The Human Function Compunction: Teleological explanation in adults

Kelemen, D., & Rosset, E. (2009) · Cognition

Evolution and Science EducationScience Education and Pedagogy

Cited by 480

Professional physical scientists display tenacious teleological tendencies: Purpose based reasoning as a cognitive default

Kelemen, D., Rottman, J., & Seston, R. (2013) · Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Evolution and Science EducationScience Education and Pedagogy

Cited by 429

Why are rocks pointy? Children's preference for teleological explanations of th natural world.

Kelemen, D. (1999) · Developmental Psychology

Child and Animal Learning DevelopmentScience Education and Pedagogy

Cited by 356

Inferring Design: Evidence of a Preference for Teleological Explanations in Patients With Alzheimer's Disease

Lombrozo, T., Kelemen, D., & Zaitchik, D. (2007) · Psychological Science

Child and Animal Learning DevelopmentEvolution and Science Education

Cited by 158

The divided mind of a disbeliever: Intuitive beliefs about nature as purposefully created among different groups of non-religious adults

Järnefelt, E., Canfield, C. F., & Kelemen, D. (2015) · Cognition

Evolution and Science EducationParanormal Experiences and Beliefs

Cited by 133

The Development of Children's Prelife Reasoning: Evidence From Two Cultures

Emmons, N. A., & Kelemen, D. (2014) · Child Development

Child and Animal Learning DevelopmentPsychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment

Cited by 46