Publications

Stevenson, R., & Repacholi, B. (2005). Does the source of an interpersonal odour affect disgust? A disease risk mdel and it's alternatives. European Journal of Social Psychology, 35, 375-401.

Repacholi, B., & Trapolini, T. (2004). Attahment and preschool children's understanding of maternal versus non-maternal psychological states. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 22, 395-416.

Stevenson, R., & Repacholi, B. (2003). Age-related changes in children's hedonic response to male body odor. Developmental Psychology, 39, 670-679.

Repacholi, B., & Slaughter, V. (Eds.). (2003). Individual differences in theory of mind: Implications for typical and atypical development. Hove, UK: Psychology Press.

Repacholi, B., Slaughter, V., Pritchard, M., & Gibbs, V. (2003). Theory of mind, Machiavellianism, and social functioning in childhood (pp. 67-98). In B. Repacholi & V. Slaughter (Eds.) Individual differences in theory of mind: Implications for typical and atypical development. Hove, UK: Psychology Press.

Slaughter, V., & Repacholi, B. (2003). Individual differences in theory of mind: what are we investigating? (pp. 1-12). In B. Repacholi & V. Slaughter (Eds.) Individual differences in theory of mind: Implications for typical and atypical development. Hove, UK: Psychology Press.

Pickering, S., & Repacholi, B. (2002). Modifying children's gender-typed musical instrument preferences: The effects of gender and age. Sex Roles, 45, 623-643.

Meltzoff, A., Gopnik, A., & Repacholi, B. (1999). Toddlers' understanding of intentions, desires and emotions: Explorations of the dark ages. In P. Zelazo, J. Astington, & D. Olson (Eds.), Developing theories of intention: Social understanding and self-control (pp. 17-41). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Repacholi, B. M. (1998). Infants' use of attentional cues to identify the referent of another person's emotional expression. Developmental Psychology, 34, 1017-1025.

Repacholi, B. M., & Gopnik, A. (1997). Early reasoning about desires: Evidence from 14- and 18-month-olds. Developmental Psychology, 33, 12-21.

Watson, J. S., Umansky, R., Marcy, S., Johnston, C., & Repacholi, B. (1996). Behavioral competition in a case of Rett syndrome. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 17, 553-575.

Watson, J. S., Umansky, R., Marcy, S., & Repacholi, B. (1996). Intention and preference in a 3-year-old girl with Rett Syndrome. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 17, 69-84.

Lyons-Ruth, K., Alpern, L., & Repacholi, B. (1993). Disorganized infant attachment classification and maternal psychosocial problems as predictors of hostile-aggressive behavior in the preschool classroom. Child Development, 64, 572-585.

Lyons-Ruth, K., Repacholi, B., McLeod, S., & Silva, E. (1991). Disorganized attachment behavior in infancy: Short-term stability, maternal and infant correlates and risk-related sub-types. Development and Psychopathology, 3, 207-266.

The Baby Human (2003). Discovery Health Channel.

Media coverage in 2002 regarding publication about children's gender-typed musical insturment preferences: Reuters Health, BBC World Service, National Public Radio (KUOW - local affiliate), The Sunday Times, Sunday Telegraph (both UK) and Child magazine.

Life matters. (2000, May 2). Washington, DC: National Public Radio [Radio broadcast].

Kiddy thinks. (2000, February 3-9). Guardian Weekly, p. 24.

Baby steps. Do our first three years of life determine how we'll turn out? (2000, January 10). The New Yorker, pp. 80-87.

Go on then, have the broccoli if you must. (1997, February 22). New Scientist, p. 18.

Conference Presentations

Repacholi, B., & Meltzoff, A. N. Other people's perceptual and emotional states influence infant imitation. Symposium presentation at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, USA, April.

Repacholi, B., & Meltzoff, A. N. The effect of attentional and indirect emotional cues on infants' actions. Poster presentation at a mini-conference on New Approaches to Infant Learning and Cognition, Duke University, USA, May.

Repacholi, B., & Trapolini, T. Individual differences in preschool children's social understanding. Paper presented at the XI European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Milan, Italy, August.

Repacholi, B. (2002, August). Infants' use of emotional signals to regulate object-directed behavior. Symposium on Affective and Linguistic Meaning from infancy through early childhood conducted at the biennial meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Ottawa, Canada.

Repacholi, B., & Slaughter, V. (2002, April). Autistic children's responses to other people's emotional signals. Paper presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Toronto, Canada.

Repacholi, B., & Slaughter, V. (2001, July). Theory of mind, Machiavellianism, and peer relationships in childhood. Paper presented at the Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science (MACCS) workshop: Mind-reading and behaviour: Individual differences in theory of mind and implications for social functioning, Sydney, Australia.

Repacholi, B. (2001, April). Do emotional signals influence infant imitation? Poster session presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.

Repacholi, B. (2000, November). Can infants learn anything from emotional signals? Lecture presented as part of the Social-Developmental Seminar Series, Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

Slaughter, V., & Repacholi, B. (2000, July). Autistic children's understanding of emotion. Invited talk given at the Institute of Psychiatry, University College, London, England.

Repacholi, B. (1999, August). Infants' responses to other people's emotional expressions: Mindful or mindless? Invited talk given at the Australian Research Council workshop: Empathy, ethics and emotion. The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

Cuming, S., & Repacholi, B. (1999, July). Is there a link between children's peer relationships and their theory of mind? Poster session presented at the 11th Australasian Human Development Association Conference, Sydney, Australia.

Pickering, S., & Repacholi, B. (1999, April). The effects of musician gender on children's musical instrument preferences. Poster session presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, NM.

Repacholi, B. (1999, January). The emergence of joint attention and social referencing: Developmental precursors to a theory of mind? Invited talk given at the Cognitive Science Colloquia, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

Pickering, S. & Repacholi, B. M. (1997, December). The effect of gender role models on children's musical instrument preferences. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Brisbane, Australia.

Repacholi, B. (1997, October). Beyond social referencing: New insights into emotion understanding in late infancy. Invited talk given at the Department of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

Repacholi, B. M. (1997, April). Infants' understanding of the referential nature of emotions. Poster session presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Washington, D.C.

Repacholi, B. M. (1995, June). Components of children's early emotion understanding. Poster session presented at the annual workshop of the National Institute of Mental Health Postdoctoral Training Program on Emotion Research, Berkeley, CA.

Repacholi, B. M. (1995, April). Understanding the link between emotions and desires: Evidence from 18-month-old children. Poster session presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Indianapolis, IN.

Lyons-Ruth, K., Repacholi, B., Alpern, L., & Connell, D. (1991, April). Disorganized attachment behavior in infancy: Short-term stability, maternal correlates and the prediction of aggression in kindergarten. Symposium conducted at the Biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.