Carolyn Baer
Assistant Professor
BA, MASc (Waterloo), PhD (UBC), Postdocs (UC Berkeley, Kwantlen Polytechnic)
Office: LHS C129
Phone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 6776
Email: carolynbaer@trentu.ca
Website: www.carolynbaer.com
Lab website: www.trentdevminds.ca
Lab Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/centrefordevelopingminds/
Research Interests:
I study how children use uncertain input to decide what is true. My research focuses on our metacognitive sense of confidence, examining how adults and children use uncertainty as an informative signal to learn about the world and about the people around them. I have studied how children and adults represent uncertainty and how this changes throughout development, how children leverage uncertainty to make informed decisions, how children evaluate others as good teachers and good collaborators, how children themselves learn to be good teachers and good collaborators, and much more within the realm of cognitive and social development.
- Students interested in working with me are encouraged to first consult my webpage: https://www.trentdevminds.ca/join-the-lab
- Recruiting one Graduate student to start Fall 2027, and open to Honours Thesis students for Fall 2027.
- Students interested in a practicum course, reading course, or working in the lab are all invited to submit an RA application when available. Contact me to be placed on the notification list.
- I will only supervise Community-Based research projects for students who are already in my lab.