Lakshmi Raman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Office: 122 Pryale Hall
Phone: 248-370-2302
Fax: 248-370-4612
E-mail: raman@oakland.edu

Major Field
Cognitive development in children and adults
Children's understanding of health and illness

Degrees
Ph.D., Ohio State University 2000

Research Interests
My research focuses on children and adults' theories of health. One line of research examines the causal factors children and adults entertain in the manifestation of physical illnesses.
A second line of research examines children's and adults' understanding of the impact of nutrition on health.

Publications
Raman, L. (in press). Can we get sick if we want to? Children's and adults'recognition of intentionality in the origins of illness and injuries. British Journal of Psychology.
Gelman, S. A., Raman, L. & Gentener, D. (in press). Effects of language and similarity on comparison processing. Language Learning and Development. Hollander, M., Gelman, S. A., & Raman, L. (in press). Generic language and judgments about category membership. Language and Cognitive Processes.
Raman, L., & Gelman, S. A. (in press). Do children endorse psychosocial factors in the origins of illness and disgust? Developmental Psychology.
Gelman, S. A., & Raman, L. (2007). This cat has nine lives? Children's memory for genericity in language. Developmental Psychology, 43, 1256-1268.
Raman, L., & Gelman, S. A. (2007). Children's recognition of time in the causes and cures of physical and emotional reactions to illnesses and injuries.British Journal of Psychology, 98, 389-410.
Raman, L., & Gelman, S. A. (2005). Children's understanding of the transmission of genetic disorders and contagious illnesses. Developmental Psychology, 41, 171-182.
Raman, L., & Gelman, S. A. (2004). A cross-cultural developmental analysis of children's and adults' understanding of illness in South Asia (India) and the United States. Journal of Cognition and Culture, 4, 293-317.
Raman, L., & Winer, G. A. (2004). Evidence of more immanent justice reasoning in adults than in children: A challenge to traditional developmental theories. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 22, 255-274.
Gelman, S. A., & Raman, L. (2003). Preschool children use linguistic form class and pragmatic cues to interpret generics. Child Development, 74, 310-325.
Raman, L., & Winer, G. A. (2003). Children's and adults' understanding of illness: Evidence in support of a co-existence model. Genetic, Social and General Psychology Monographs, 128, 325-355.
Gelman, S. A., & Raman, L. (2002). Biology as a window onto cognitive development. [Essay review M. Siegal & C. Peterson (Eds.), Children's understanding of biology and health]. Human Development, 45, 61-68.

Other Information
If you are interested in working as a Research Assistant in my lab, please contact me at raman@oakland.edu