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Virginia Slaughter is Professor of Psychology at the University of Queensland, Australia, where she founded the Early Cognitive Development Centre. Her research focuses on social and cognitive development in infants and young children, with particular emphasis on social behaviour in infancy, theory-of-mind development and the acquisition of peer interaction skills. She is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and serves as an Associate Editor for Child Development.
Bachelor of Arts, S.Lawrence Coll.
Journal Article: The capricious nature of theory of mind: Does mental state understanding depend on the characteristics of the target?
Do theory of mind delays explain children's social problems?
Cultural influences in the theory of mind.
Early development of body representations. Edited by Slaughter, Virginia and Celia A. Brownell Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Lillienfeld, Scott O., Lynn, Steven J., Namy, Laura L., Woolf, Nancy K., Jamieson, Graham, Slaughter, V. and Haslam,Nick Psychology: From inquiry to understanding. Frenchs Forest, N.S.W., Australia: Pearson Australia, 2011.
Slaughter, Virginia, Heron-Delaney, Michelle and Christie, Tamara (2012). Developing expertise in human body perception. In Virginia Slaughter and Celia A. Brownell (Ed.), Early development of body representations (pp. 81-100) Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
Slaughter, Virginia (2011). Early adoption of Machiavellian attitudes: Implications for children's interpersonal relationships. In Christopher T. Barry, Patricia K. Kerig, Kurt K. Stellwagen and Tammy D. Barry (Ed.), Narcissism and Machiavellianism in youth: Implications for the development of adaptive and maladaptive behavior (pp. 177-192) Washington, DC, United States: American Psychological Association.
Nielsen, Mark G. and Slaughter, Virginia (2007). Multiple motivations for imitation in infancy. In Nehaniv, C. L. and Dautenhahn, K. (Ed.), Imitation and social learning in robots, humans and animals First ed. (pp. 343-359) United States: Cambridge University Press.
Introduction: Individual differences in theory of mind: What are we investigating?
Slaughter, V. and Repacholi, B (2003). Introduction: Individual differences in theory of mind: What are we investigating?. In B. Repacholi and V. Slaughter (Ed.), Individual Differences in Theory of Mind: Implications for Typical and Atypical Development (pp. 1-12) New York: Psychology Press.
Repacholi, B, Slaughter, V., Pritchard, M. and Gibbs, V. (2003). Theory of mind, machiavellianism, and social functioning in childhood. In B. Repacholi and V. Slaughter (Ed.), Individual Differences in Theory of Mind: Implications for Typical and Atypical Development (pp. 67-98) New York: Psychology Press.
Slaughter, V. (1999). Autism. In C. Carson III, L. Fleming Fallon Jr., K. Kalumuck, N. Piotrowski and C. Rizzo (Ed.), Magill's Medical Guide (pp. 45-49) Pasadena, CA: Salem Press.
Slaughter, V., Jaakkola, R. and Carey, S. (1999). Constructing a coherent theory: Children's biological understanding of life and death. In Michael Siegal and Candida L. Peterson (Ed.), Children's Understanding of Biology and Health (pp. 71-98) Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Univ. Press.
Slaughter, V. (1999). Primitive reflexes. In C. Carson III, L. Fleming Fallon Jr., K. Kalumuck, N. Piotrowski and C. Rizzo (Ed.), Magill's Medical Guide (pp. 611-613) Pasadena, CA: Salem Press.
The capricious nature of theory of mind: Does mental state understanding depend on the characteristics of the target?
What do we know about implicit false-belief tracking?
Is newborn imitation developmentally homologous to later social-cognitive skills?
Do young infants respond socially to human hands?
Slaughter, Virginia (2011) Development of Social Cognition. Child Psychology and Psychiatry: Frameworks for Practice, 2Nd Edition, 51-55.
When do infants expect hands to be connected to a person?
O'Haire, Marguerite E., Rand, Jacquie S., McKenzie, Samantha J. and Slaughter, Virginia (2010) Guinea pigs as classroom pets. Society for Companion Animal Studies Journal, .
Perception of faces and bodies: Similar or different?
Introduction individual differences in theory of mind: What are we investigating?
Connolly, J. M., Mealey, L. and Slaughter, V. (2000) The development of waist-to-hip ratio preferences. Perspectives in Human Biology, 5 19-29.
Toyama, Kaoru, Imuta, Kana, Slaughter, Virginia, Kitazaki, Michiteru and Itakura, Shoji (2015). Comparison of Japanese and Australian adults in theory of mind: Investigating the use of subject and mental state language. In: IEICE Technical Report. IEICE, Shodoshima, Japan, (103-107). 30-31 January 2015.
O'Haire, Marguerite, McKenzie, Samantha and Slaughter, Virginia (2012). Animal-assisted intervention for children with autism and their peers in a classroom setting: a survey study. In: ISAZ2012, Cambridge, United Kingdom, (). 11-13 July 2012.
O'Haire, Marguerite, Slaughter, Virginia, McKenzie, Samantha and McCune, Sandra (2012). Effects of an animal-assisted intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder and their peers in a classroom setting. In: ISAZ 2012: The Arts & Sciences of Human–Animal Interaction. Abstract Book. ISAZ 2012: 21st Annual Conference of the International Society of Anthrozoology, Cambridge, England, (62-62). 11-13 July, 2012.
O’Haire, Marguerite, Rand, Jacquie, Slaughter, Virginia, McKenzie, Samantha, Motro, Michal and McCune, Sandra (2010). Effects of a classroom–based intervention utilizing animal-assisted activities for primary-school children with autism and their peers. In: IAHAIO (International Association of Human-Animal Interaction Organizations), Stockholm , Sweden, (). July 1- 4 2010.
Erlich, Nicole S., Lipp, Ottmar V. and Slaughter, Virginia (2008). Physiological correlates of affective sounds in Australian adults and infants. In: 48th Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Psychophysiological-Research, Austin Tx, (S59-S59). Oct 01-05, 2008.
Suddendorf, T., Nielson, M., Slaughter, V. and Simcock, G. (2004). The nature of early self-recognition. In: Australian Journal of Psychology: 39th Conference of the Australian Psychological Society. 39th Conference of the Australian Psychological Society, Sydney, Australia, (226-226). 29 September - 3 October 2004.
Hudry, K. and Slaughter, V. (2002). Parental reports of day-to-day empathic displays in children with autism, intellectual impairment, and typical development Hosted by University of Auckland and Auckland Institute of Technology. In: Alison Garton, Australian Journal of Psychology: The Abstracts of the 13th Biennial Australasian Human Development Conference. The 13th Biennial Australasian Human Development Conference, Waiheke Island, New Zealand, (17-17). 6th - 9th July, 2003.
Slaughter, V. (2000). Developing a theory of mind in infancy and early childhood. In: A.Garton, Australian Journal of Psychology. 34th Annual Conference of the Australian Psychological Society, Canberra, (112). 3 - 7 October 2000.
Slaughter, V. (2000). Implementing a lead tutor program in a large first year psychology subject. In: A.Garton, Australian Journal of Psychology. 34th Annual Conference of the Australian Psychological Society, Canberra, (112-112). 3 - 7 October 2000.
Slaughter, V. and Dennis, M. (1999). Cognitive and behavioural components of peer rejection: Relaitonships between sociometric status, prosocial behaviour and theory of mind in preschool children. In: Boris Crassini, Abstracts of the 11th Australasian Human Development Conference. 11th Australasian Human Development Conference, Sydney Univ., NSW, (S99-S99). July, 1999.
Slaughter, Virginia (1999). Hierarchical tutoring structure for a large first year subject. In: Effective Courses / Effective Teaching at University Conference. University of Queensland TEDI Conference, Univ.of Qld, (). 1-2 Nov, 1999.
Slaughter, V. (1999). Teaching Psychology in large classes: An international survey of solutions. In: Massey and W.B, Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth International Conference on Improving University Learning and Teaching. Twenty-Fourth International Conference on Improving University Learning and Teaching, Griffith University, (313-317). 5-8 July, 1999.
Charting the prevalence, time course and social-cognitive correlates of neonatal imitation.
Synchronic imitation in children with ASD: imitation and the social deficit hypothesis.
The recognition of human body shape in infancy.
Investigation the contributions of joint attention and maternal input to theory of mind development in normal, deaf and autistic children.

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