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Professor Charlie Lewis

Professor Charlie Lewis

Head of Department, Professor

Affiliations

Psychology
Psychology

Research Interests

  • The role of the father in the family (with Michael Lamb (Cambridge))
  • Life experiences and family relationships
  • Theorizing the development of social understanding (with Jeremy Carpendale (Simon Fraser))
  • Social understanding and culture (with Masuo Koyasu and Ayako Ogawa (Kyoto))
  • Social understanding in children with autism
  • Preschoolers' understanding of irony (with Maki Rooksby)
  • Eye-witness testimony in children with learning disabilities (with Deirdre Brown (Wellington) and Michael Lamb (Cambridge))
  • The influence of advertising on children (with Susan Auty and Laura Owen)
  • Children's early grasp of number (with Kevin Muldoon (Heriot Watt) and Norman Freeman (Bristol))
  • Statistical models of developmental change (with Andrea Towse, Peter Diggle and Brian Francis)

In Press

Social-Cognitive Processes in Preschoolers' Selective Trust: Three Cultures Compared

Lewis, C., Lucas, A. J., Pala, F. C., Wong, K. & Berridge, D. 2012 In: Developmental Psychology.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

The Influences of Delay and Severity of Intellectual Disability on Event Memory in Children

Lewis, C., Brown, D., Lamb, M. E. & Stevens, E. 2012 In: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

2012

Effects of Maternal Worm Infections and Anthelminthic Treatment during Pregnancy on Infant Motor and Neurocognitive Functioning

Nampijja, M., Apule, B., Lule, S., Akurut, H., Muhangi, L., Webb, E. L., Lewis, C., Elliott, A. M. & Alcock, K. J. 11/2012 In: Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society: JINS. 18, 6, p. 1019-1030. 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

Modeling Microgenetic Data

Towse, A., Lewis, C. & Francis, B. 2012 In: Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning. Seel, N. (ed.). Berlin: Springer, p. 2317-2320. 4 p. (Springer Reference).

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/ProceedingsEntry for encyclopedia/dictionary

How Do Body Diagrams Affect the Accuracy and Consistency of Children's Reports of Bodily Touch Across Repeated Interviews?

Brown, D., Pipe, M-E., Lewis, C., Lamb, M. E. & Orbach, Y. 03/2012 In: Applied Cognitive Psychology. 26, 2, p. 174-181. 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

2010

Brief Report: Are Children with Autism Proficient Word Learners?

Franken, T. E., Lewis, C. & Malone, S. A. 02/2010 In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 40, 2, p. 255-259. 5 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

Should We Trust Experiments on Trust?

Lucas, A. J. & Lewis, C. 09/2010 In: Human Development. 53, 4, p. 167-172. 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalEditorial

The social origin and moral nature of human thinking

Carpendale, J. I. M., Hammond, S. I. & Lewis, C. 08/2010 In: Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 33, 4, p. 334. 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalEditorial

Epistemic flow and the social making of minds.

Lewis, C., Carpendale, J., Towse, J. & Maridaki-Kassotaki, K. 2010 In: Self- and Social-Regulation: Exploring the Relations between Social Interaction, Social Cognition, and the Development of Executive Functions.. Sokol, B., Muller, U., Carpendale, J. M., Young, A. & Iarocci, G. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 472 p.

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/ProceedingsChapter

2009

Culture, Executive Function, and Social Understanding

Lewis, C., Koyasu, M., Oh, S., Ogawa, A., Short, B. & Huang, Z. 04/2009 In: New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development. 123, p. 69-85. 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

Introduction: Links Between Social Interaction and Executive Function

Lewis, C. & Carpendale, J. I. M. 04/2009 In: New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development. 123, p. 1-15. 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalEditorial

Why set-comparison is vital in early number learning

Muldoon, K., Lewis, C. & Freeman, N. 05/2009 In: Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 13, 5, p. 203-208. 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalScientific review

Carruthers' marvelous magical mindreading machine

Lewis, C. & Carpendale, J. I. M. 04/2009 In: Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 32, 2, p. 152. 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalEditorial

Talking and Thinking: The Role of Speech in Social Understanding.

Carpendale, J. I. M., Lewis, C., Susswein, N. & Lunn, J. 05/2009 In: Private Speech, Executive Functioning, and the Development of Verbal Self-Regulation. Winsler, A., Fernyhough, C. & Montero, I. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 272 p.

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/ProceedingsChapter

2008

Korean preschoolers' advanced inhibitory control and its relation to other executive skills and mental state understanding

Oh, S. & Lewis, C. 01/2008 In: Child Development. 79, 1, p. 80-99. 20 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

Mirroring cannot account for understanding action

Carpendale, J. I. M. & Lewis, C. 02/2008 In: Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 31, 1, p. 23-24. 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

Steering towards a developmental account of infant social understanding

Stack, J. & Lewis, C. 2008 In: Human Development. 51, 4, p. 229-234. 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalEditorial

Don't throw the baby out with the math water: Why discounting the developmental foundations of early numeracy is premature and unnecessary

Muldoon, K., Lewis, C. & Freeman, N. 12/2008 In: Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 31, 6, p. 663-664. 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalEditorial

Analogy as relational priming: the challenge of self-reflection

Cheshire, A., Ball, L. J. & Lewis, C. N. 08/2008 In: Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 31, 4, p. 381-382. 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

2007

Story contexts increase susceptibility to the DRM illusion in 5-year-olds.

Dewhurst, S. A., Pursglove, R. C. & Lewis, C. 05/2007 In: Developmental Science. 10, 3, p. 374-378. 5 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

Predictors of early numeracy: Is there a place for mistakes when learning about number?

Berridge, D., Lewis, C. & Muldoon, K. 19/11/2007 In: British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 25, 4, p. 543-558. 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

Swapping stories, comparing plots: representing multiple perspectives in family interviews.

Warin, J., Solomon, Y. & Lewis, C. 1/06/2007 In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice. 10, 2, p. 121-134. 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

Supportive or suggestive: Do human figure drawings help 5 ' 7 year old children to report touch?

Lewis, C. N., Brown, D., Lamb, M. E. & Pipe, M. 1/02/2007 In: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 75, 1, p. 33-42. 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

Sibling Interaction of Children with Autism: Development Over 12 Months.

Lewis, C. N., Knott, F. & Williams, T. 11/2007 In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 37, 10, p. 1987-1995. 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

Using Cardinality to Compare Quantities: The Role of Social-Cognitive Conflict in Early Numeracy.

Lewis, C. N., Francis, B. & Muldoon, K. 09/2007 In: Developmental Science. 10, 5, p. 694-711. 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

Children's understanding of advertising: an investigation using verbal and pictorially cued methods.

Owen, L., Auty, S., Lewis, C. & Berridge, D. 11/2007 In: Infant and Child Development. 16, 6, p. 617-628. 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

Modelling Change: New Opportunities in the Analysis of Microgenetic Data.

Cheshire, A., Muldoon, K. P., Francis, B., Lewis, C. N. & Ball, L. J. 02/2007 In: Infant and Child Development. 16, 1, p. 119-134. 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

When knowledge is not enough: the phenomenon of goal neglect in preschool children.

Towse, J. N., Lewis, C. & Knowles, M. 04/2007 In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 96, 4, p. 320-332. 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

2006

How children develop social understanding

Carpendale, J. & Lewis, C. 2006 Malden: Blackwell Publishing. 311 p. (Understanding Children's Worlds).

Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

Father-child relationships and children's development: a key to durable solutions?

Lewis, C. & Lamb, M. E. 2006 In: Durable solutions.. Budden, R. (ed.). Bristol: Family Law / Jordans, p. 87-101. 15 p.

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/ProceedingsChapter

Psychosocial problems and seizure-related factors in children with epilepsy.

Lew, A., Lewis, C., Owen, L., West, S., Tomlin, P., Roach, J. & Vassallo, G. 08/2006 In: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology.48, 8, p. 704-704. 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

The microgenetic method: time for change?

Flynn, E., Pine, K. & Lewis, C. 2006 In: Psychologist. 19, 3, p. 152-155. 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

2005

Developmental psychology I: perceptual and cognitive development.

Bremner, J. G. & Lewis, C. 2005 London: Sage. (Sage benchmarks in psychology).

Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

Introducing perceptual and cognitive development.

Bremner, J. G. & Lewis, C. 2005 In: Developmental psychology: perceptual and cognitive development.. Bremner, J. G. & Lewis, C. (eds.). London: Sage, Vol. 1, (Sage benchmarks in psychology).

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/ProceedingsChapter

Parenting and attachment.

Oates, J. & Lewis, C. 11/2005 In: Children's personal and social development. Ding, S. & Littleton, K. (eds.). Oxford: Open University and Blackwell, p. 11-51. 41 p.

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/ProceedingsChapter

Introducing social and language development.

Lewis, C. & Bremner, J. G. 2005 In: Developmental psychology II: social and language development. Lewis, C. & Bremner, J. G. (eds.). London: Sage, p. xvii-xl. (SAGE benchmarks in psychology).

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/ProceedingsChapter

The role of parent child relationships in child development.

Lamb, M. E. & Lewis, C. 2005 In: Developmental psychology: an advanced textbook. Bornstein, M. H. & Lamb, M. E. (eds.). Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum, p. 429-468. 40 p.

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/ProceedingsChapter

Fatherhood and father involvement: emerging constructs and theoretical orientations.

Day, R. D., Lewis, C., O'Brien, M. & Lamb, M. E. 2005 In: Sourcebook of family theory and research. Bengston, V. L., Acock, A. C., Allen, K. R., Dillworth-Anderson, P. & Klein, D. M. (eds.). Thousand Oaks, California: Sage, p. 341-366. 26 p.

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/ProceedingsChapter

Constructing perspectives in the social making of minds.

Carpendale, J. I. M., Lewis, C., Müller, U. & Racine, T. P. 2005 In: Interaction Studies. 6, 3, p. 341-368. 28 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

Self-Explanation, Feedback and the Development of Analogical Reasoning Skills: Microgenetic Evidence for a Metacognitive Processing Account.

Cheshire, A., Ball, L. J. & Lewis, C. 2005 In: Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Bara, B. G., Barsalou, L. & Bu, M. (eds.). Alpha, New Jersey: Sheridan Printing

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/ProceedingsChapter

Because it's there! Why some children count, rather than infer numerical relationships.

Muldoon, K. P., Lewis, C. & Towse, J. N. 07/2005 In: Cognitive Development. 20, 3, p. 472-491. 20 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

2004

Constructing an understanding of mind: the development of children's social understanding within social interaction

Carpendale, J. I. & Lewis, C. 02/2004 In: Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 27, 1, p. 79-96. 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

The development and significance of father-child relationships in two-parent families.

Lamb, M. E. & Lewis, C. 2004 In: The role of the father in child development.. Lamb, M. E. (ed.). Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley, p. 272-307. 36 p.

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/ProceedingsChapter

2003

Lexical choice can lead to problems: what false-belief tests tell us about Greek alternative verbs of agency.

Maridaki-Kassotaki, K., Lewis, C. N. & Freeman, N. H. 02/2003 In: Journal Of Child Language. 30, 1, p. 145-164. 20 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

Fathers’ influences on children’s development. The evidence from two-parent families.

Lewis, C. N. & Lamb, M. E. 2003 In: European Journal of Psychology of Education. 18, p. 211-228. 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

Fathers in Sure Start.

Lloyd, N., O'Brien, M. & Lewis, C. 2003 London: The National Evaluation of Sure Start, Birkbeck College, 95 p.

Research output: Working paper

2002

Cohabitation, separation and fatherhood

Lewis, C., Papacosta, A. & Warin, J. 2002 York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation. 60 p.

Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

Intimate talk between parents and their teenage children: democratic openness or covert control?

Solomon, Y. J., Warin, J., Lewis, C. & Langford, W. 11/2002 In: Sociology. 36, 4, p. 965-983. 19 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

Helping with homework?: Homework as a site of tensions between parents and teenagers.

Solomon, Y. J., Warin, J. & Lewis, C. 2002 In: British Educational Research Journal. 28, 4, p. 603-622. 20 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

Social Cognition.

Lewis, C. & Carpendale, J. E. M. 2002 In: Blackwell Handbook of Social Cognition. Smith, P. K. & Hart, C. (eds.). Oxford: Blackwell, p. 375-393. 19 p.

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/ProceedingsChapter

2001

What good are dads?

Lewis, C. & Warin, J. 2001 In: Father Facts. 1, 1, p. 1-6. 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

2000

Maternal accounts of the costs and benefits of life experiences after parental separation.

Kier, C., Lewis, C. & Hay, D. C. 09/2000 In: Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa. 16, 3, p. 191-202. 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

Representation of the cardinality principle: early conception of error in a counterfactual test.

Freeman, N. H., Antonucci, C. & Lewis, C. 10/01/2000 In: Cognition. 74, 1, p. 71-89. 19 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

1999

Fathers, work and family life.

Penn, R., Warin, J., Soloman, Y., Lewis, C., Langford, W., Ahmad, S. & Scattergood, H. 1999 London: Family Studies Policy Centre

Research output: Working paper

Fathers, work and family life

Warin, J., Solomon, Y., Lewis, C. & Langford, W. 1999 London: Family Policy Studies Centre. 48 p. (Family & parenthood: policy & practice).

Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

Inference neglect and ignorance denial.

Vrouxaki, A., Freeman, N. H., Peters, D. & Lewis, C. 11/1999 In: British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 17, 4, p. 483-499. 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

O pai no contexto familiar (Fathers in family life).

Lewis, C. & Dessen, A. M. 1999 In: Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa. 15, p. 9-16. 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

1998

Mothers, fathers, and the development of sex roles in young children

Warin, J. & Lewis, C. 1998 In: Current issues in infancy and parenthood: the psychology of reproduction. Niven, C. A. & Walker, A. E. (eds.). Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, Vol. 3, p. 137-157. 21 p.

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/ProceedingsChapter

Gender differences: the child's perspective

Warin, J. & Lewis, C. 1998 In: Men as workers in services for young children: issues of a mixed gender workforce: proceedings of a seminar, held at Henley on Thames, 29-31 May 1997. Owen, C., Cameron, C. & Moss, P. (eds.). London: Institute of Education, p. 91-105. 15 p.

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/ProceedingsPaper

Pre-school sibling interaction in separated and married families: are same-sex pairs or older sisters more sociable?

Kier, C. & Lewis, C. 02/1998 In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 39, 2, p. 191-201. 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

Como estudar a ‘famîlia’ e o ‘pai’ (How can we understand ‘families’ and ‘fathers’?).

Dessen, A. M. & Lewis, C. 1998 In: Paidéia (Brazilian Journal of Psychology and Education). 8, 14, p. 105-122. 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

1997

Why do fathers become disengaged from their children's lives? Maternal and paternal accounts of divorce in Greece.

Lewis, C., Maka, Z. & Papacosta, A. 1997 In: Journal of Divorce and Remarriage. 28, 1/2, p. 89-117. 29 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

Infant-mother attachment in separated and married families.

Kier, C. & Lewis, C. 1997 In: Journal of Divorce and Remarriage. 26, 3/4, p. 185-194. 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

1996

Social Influences on False Belief Access: Specific Sibling Influences or General Apprenticeship?

Lewis, C., Freeman, N., Kyriakidou, C., Maridaki-Kassotaki, K. & Berridge, D. M. 12/1996 In: Child Development. 67, 6, p. 2930-2947. 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

Observer influences on fathers and mothers: an experimental manipulation of the structure and function of parent-infant conversation.

Lewis, C. N., Kier, C., Hyder, C., Prenderville, N., Pullen, J. & Stephens, A. 1996 In: Early Development and Parenting. 5, 1, p. 57-68. 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

1995

Is this man your daddy?: suggestibility in a children's eyewitness identification of a family member.

Lewis, C., Wilkins, R., Baker, L. & Woobey, A. 1995 In: Child Abuse & Neglect. 19, 6, p. 739-744. 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

Narrativity and theory of mind.

Lewis, C. & Maridaki-Kassotaki, K. 1995 In: Psychology. 2, p. 1-11. 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

Sibling interaction of children with learning disabilities: a comparison of autism and downs-syndrome.

Knott, F., Lewis, C. & Williams, T. 1995 In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 36, 6, p. 965-976. 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

1994

The prevalence of specific arithmetic difficulties and specific reading difficulties in 9- to 10-year-old boys and girls.

Lewis, C., Hitch, G. J. & Walker, P. 1994 In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 35, 2, p. 283-292. 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

Narrative access and production in preschoolers' false belief reasoning.

Lewis, C., Freeman, N., Hagestadt, C. & Douglas, H. 1994 In: Cognitive Development. 9, 4, p. 397-424. 28 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

Changing fatherhood? A European perspective.

Lewis, C. 1994 In: Children in Scotland Newsletter. 8, p. 2-2. 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

1993

When is a mug not a mug? Effects of content, naming, and instructions on children's drawings.

Lewis, C., Russell, C. & Berridge, D. 12/1993 In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 56, 3, p. 291-302. 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

Sex and drugs and nuclear war: secular, developmental and Type A influences upon adolescents' fears of the nuclear threat, AIDS and drug addiction.

Wilkins, R. & Lewis, C. 1993 In: Journal of adolescence. 16, 1, p. 23-41. 19 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

Mothers' and fathers' roles: similar or different?

Lewis, C. 1993 In: Report from the conference: fathers in families of tomorrow. Ministry of Social Affairs, p. 87-106. 20 p.

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/ProceedingsChapter

Sibling attachment: the development of a new infant-based measure.

Kier, C. & Lewis, C. 1993 In: Early Development and Parenting. 2, 4, p. 243-246. 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

1992

Sex stereotyping of infants: a re-examination.

Lewis, C. N.., Scully, D. & Condor, S. G. 1992 In: Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology. 10, p. 53-63. 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

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