Rochel Gelman is a professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science and the Director of the Cognitive Development and Learning Lab at Rutgers University. Gelman’s interests include developmental cognitive science; theory of concepts; domain-relevant concept learning and conceptual change; causal principles; verbal and non-verbal representations and re-representations of arithmetic; representational tools; math and science literacy.
The Gelman Lab studies the origins of cognitive development, conducting research on a variety of topics including domain-relevant concept learning and conceptual change; verbal and non-verbal representations and re-representations of arithmetic; representational tools; math and science literacy, and developing experimental methods.