Eric D. Smith
LIFE Virginia
LIFE Fellow from 2011 to 2014, University of Virginia
PhD
Dissertation completed in 2014
Is Eating Healthy Bearable? Examining Children’s Transfer of Health-Related Concepts From a Storybook
(Advisor: Angeline Lillard)
Selected Publications
Lillard, A. S., Lerner, M. D., Hopkins, E. J., Dore, R. A., Smith, E. D., & Palmquist, C. M. (2013). The impact of pretend play on children's development: A review of the evidence. Psychological Bulletin, 139, 1–34. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0029321
Smith, E. D., Englander, Z. A., Lillard, A. S., & Morris, J. P. (2013). Cortical mechanisms of pretense observation. Social Neuroscience, 8, 356–368. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470919.2013.807872
Smith, E. D., & Lillard, A. S. (2012). Play on: Retrospective reports of the persistence of pretend play into middle childhood. Journal of Cognition and Development, 13, 524–549. https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2011.608199