Moira (Molly) Dillon

Moira (Molly) Dillon
Moira (Molly)
Dillon
Graduate Student
Harvard University
Lab Affiliation(s):  Lab for the Developing Mind at NYU

Associated Research Thrust: 

Moira was a graduate student in the Spelke Lab. Her research interests focus on the origins of uniquely human mathematical concepts and the universality of cognition through human development and history.

 

 As of July 2017, Molly joined the faculty of  NYU's Department of Psychology as an Assistant Professor. Please see her NYU faculty webpage and lab webpage for the most up-to-date information about my work.

Faculty Profile
Website: 
Advisor/s: 
Elizabeth Spelke

Projects

Learning and Reasoning in Symbolic Domains
The development of geometrical intuitions

CBMM Publications

M. R. Dillon and Spelke, E. S., “From Map Reading to Geometric Intuitions”, Developmental Psychology, 2018.
Y. Hart, Dillon, M. R., Marantan, A., Cardenas, A. L., Spelke, E. S., and Mahadevan, L., “The statistical shape of geometric reasoning”, Scientific Reports, vol. 8, no. 1, 2018.
M. R. Dillon and Spelke, E. S., “Young children's use of distance and angle information during map reading”, SRCD. Austin, TX, 2017.
M. R. Dillon and Spelke, E. S., “Spatial cognition across development”, in SRCD, Austin, TX, 2017.
M. R. Dillon and Spelke, E. S., “Young Children’s Use of Surface and Object Information in Drawings of Everyday Scenes”, Child Development, 2016.
M. R. Dillon and Spelke, E. S., “Reorientation ability predicts early spatial symbol reading”, in 2015 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, 2015.
M. R. Dillon, Izard, V., and Spelke, E. S., “Infants’ sensitivity to shape changes.”, Cognitive Development Society Pre-Conference on the Development of Spatial Thinking. 2015.
M. R. Dillon and Spelke, E. S., “Young children’s automatic and alternating use of scene and object information in spatial symbols.”, in Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development, 2015.
M. R. Dillon and Spelke, E. S., “From spatial symbols to Euclidean intuitions.”, Biennial Meeting of Cognitive Development Society. 2015.
M. R. Dillon, Izard, V., and Spelke, E. S., “Isolating angle in infants' detection of shape”. 2015.
M. R. Dillon and Spelke, E. S., “Connecting core cognition, spatial symbols, and the abstract concepts of formal geometry.”, in Cognitive Development Society Post-Conference, More on Development, 2015.
M. R. Dillon, Pires, A. C., Hyde, D. C., and Spelke, E. S., “Children's expectations about training the approximate number system.”, British Journal of Developmental Psychology, vol. 33, no. 4, 2015.
M. R. Dillon and Spelke, E. S., “From spatial symbols to Euclidean intuitions”, Cognitive Development Society (CDS) . Columbus, OH, 2015.
M. R. Dillon and Spelke, E. S., “Core geometry in perspective”, Developmental Science, 2014.
M. R. Dillon, Huang, Y., and Spelke, E. S., “Core foundations of abstract geometry”, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 110, no. 35, 2013.