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Dr Eugene Subbotsky

Formerly at Lancaster University

  1. 1985
  2. Published

    Preschool children's perception of unusual phenomena.

    Subbotsky, E., 1985, In: Soviet Psychology. 23, 3, p. 91-114 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. 1987
  4. Published

    Communicative style and the genesis of personality in preschoolers.

    Subbotsky, E., 1987, In: Soviet Psychology. 25, 4, p. 38-58 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. 1991
  6. Published

    A life span approach to object permanence.

    Subbotsky, E., 1991, In: Human Development. 34, 3, p. 125-137 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Existence as a psychological problem : object permanence in adults and preschool children.

    Subbotsky, E., 03/1991, In: International Journal of Behavioral Development. 14, 1, p. 67-82 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. 1992
  9. Published

    Foundations of the mind : children's understanding of reality.

    Subbotsky, E., 1992, Hemel Hempstead: Harvester Wheatsheaf. 162 p. (Developing body and mind)

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  10. Published

    Moral socialization of the child in the Soviet Union from birth to age seven.

    Subbotsky, E., 1992, In: Advances in Applied Developmental Psychology. 5, 1, p. 89-105 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Object permanence in adults: reactions to the material object's disappearance and to its creation from nothing.

    Subbotsky, E. V., 1992, Proceedings of the 5th European conference on developmental psychology.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  12. 1993
  13. Published

    The birth of personality : the development of independent and moral behavior in preschool children.

    Subbotsky, E., 1993, Hemel Hempstead: Harvester Weatsheaf. 179 p. (The developing body and mind)

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  14. Published

    The fate of stages past : reflections on the heterogeneity of thinking from the perspective of cultural–historical psychology.

    Subbotsky, E. & Cole, M., 1993, In: Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Psychologie. 52, 2, p. 103-113 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. 1994
  16. Published

    Early rationality and magical thinking in preschoolers : space and time.

    Subbotsky, E., 1994, In: British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 12, 1, p. 97-108 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Object permanence in adults: a cross-cultural perspective.

    Subbotsky, E. V. & Trommsdorff, G., 1994, In: Psychologische Beitrage. p. 62-79 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Published

    The formation of independent behaviour in preschoolers : an experimental analysis of conformity and independence.

    Subbotsky, E., 1994, In: International Journal of Behavioral Development. 17, 2, p. 289-310 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. 1995
  20. Published

    The development of pragmatic and non–pragmatic motivation.

    Subbotsky, E., 1995, In: Human Development. 38, 4-5, p. 217-234 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. 1996
  22. Published

    Explaining impossible phenomena : object permanence beliefs and memory falures in adults.

    Subbotsky, E., 1996, In: Memory. 4, 2, p. 199-224 26 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    The child as a Cartesian thinker : children's reasonings about metaphysical aspects of reality.

    Subbotsky, E., 1996, Hove: Psychology Press. 214 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  24. Published

    Vygotsky's distinction between lower and higher mental functions and recent studies on infant cognitive development.

    Subbotsky, E., 1996, In: Journal of Russian and East European Psychology. 34, 2, p. 61-66 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. 1997
  26. Published

    Explanations of unusual events : phenomenalistic causal judgments in children and adults.

    Subbotsky, E., 1997, In: British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 15, 10, p. 13-36 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  27. Published

    Understanding the distinction between sensations and physical properties of objects by children and adults.

    Subbotsky, E., 1997, In: International Journal of Behavioral Development. 20, 2, p. 321-347 27 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  28. 2000
  29. Published

    Causal reasonings and behaviour in children and adults in a technologically advanced society : are we still prepared to believe in magic and animism?

    Subbotsky, E., 2000, Children's reasoning and the mind. Mitchell, P. & Riggs, K. J. (eds.). Hove: Psychology Press, p. 327-347 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  30. Published

    Phenomenalistic perception and rational understanding in the mind of an individual : the fight for dominance.

    Subbotsky, E., 2000, Imagining the impossible: magical, scientific, and religious thinking in children. Rosengren, K. S., Johnson, C. N. & Harris, P. L. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 35-74 40 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  31. Published

    Phenomenalistic reality : the developmental perspective.

    Subbotsky, E. S., 2000, In: Developmental Review. 20, 3, p. 438-474 37 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  32. 2001
  33. Published

    Causal explanations of events by children and adults : can alternative causal modes coexist in one mind?

    Subbotsky, E., 01/2001, In: British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 19, 1, p. 23-46 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  34. Published

    Can alternative causal modes coexist in one mind?

    Subbotsky, E. V., 03/2001, In: British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 19, 1, p. 23-46 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  35. 2002
  36. Published

    The work of the imagination. A book review.

    Subbotsky, E. V., 09/2002, In: Infant and Child Development. 11, 3, p. 279-281 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  37. Published

    Do cultural factors affect causal beliefs? : rational and magical thinking in Britain and Mexico.

    Subbotsky, E. & Quinteros, G., 11/2002, In: British Journal of Psychology. 93, 4, p. 519-543 25 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  38. 2004
  39. Published

    Permanence of mental objects: testing magical causation on physical and imaginary realities.

    Subbotsky, E. V., 2004, Proceedings of the 18th biennial meeting of the international society for the study of behavioural development (ISSBD).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  40. Published

    Magical thinking in judgments of causation : can anomalous phenomena affect ontological causal beliefs in children and adults?

    Subbotsky, E., 03/2004, In: British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 22, 1, p. 123-152 30 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  41. Published

    Magical thinking : reality or illusion.

    Subbotsky, E., 06/2004, In: Psychologist. 17, 6, p. 336-339 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  42. 2005
  43. Published

    The permanence of mental objects : testing magical thinking on perceived and imaginary realities.

    Subbotsky, E., 03/2005, In: Developmental Psychology. 41, 2, p. 301-318 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  44. 2007
  45. Published

    Children's and adults' reaction to magical and ordinary suggestion : are suggestibility and magical thinking psychologically close relatives?

    Subbotsky, E., 11/2007, In: British Journal of Psychology. 98, 4, p. 547-574 28 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  46. 2008
  47. Unpublished

    The narrative function of language and children's moral development.

    Subbotsky, E., 2008, (Unpublished).

    Research output: Working paperOther

  48. 2009
  49. Published

    Can magical intervention affect subjective experiences? : adults' reactions to magical suggestion.

    Subbotsky, E., 08/2009, In: British Journal of Psychology. 100, 3, p. 517-537 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  50. 2010
  51. Published

    Magic and the Mind : mechanisms, functions and development of magical thinking and behavior.

    Subbotsky, E., 04/2010, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 202 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  52. Published

    Curiosity and exploratory behavior toward possible and impossible events in children and adults.

    Subbotsky, E., 08/2010, In: British Journal of Psychology. 101, 3, p. 481-501 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  53. Published

    Watching films with magical content facilitates creativity in children

    Subbotsky, E., Hysted, C. & Jones, N., 08/2010, In: Perceptual and Motor Skills. 111, 1, p. 261-277 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  54. 2011
  55. Published

    Children's discrimination of fantastic vs realistic visual displays after watching a film with magical content

    Subbotsky, E. & Slater, E., 04/2011, In: Perceptual and Motor Skills. 112, 2, p. 603-609 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  56. Published

    The ghost in the machine: Why and how the belief in magic survives in the rational mind

    Subbotsky, E., 07/2011, In: Human Development. 54, 3, p. 126-143 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  57. Published

    Magical thinking and memory: Distinctiveness effect for TV commercials with magical content

    Subbotsky, E. & Matthews, J., 10/2011, In: Psychological Reports. 109, 2, p. 369-379 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  58. 2012
  59. Published

    Development of moral foundations of action: The role of the narrative function of language

    Subbotsky, E., 2012, Motivation, Consciousness and Self-Regulation. Leontiev, D. (ed.). New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc., p. 209-242 34 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)

  60. Published

    Surviving in the world of the machines: The developmental psychologist's account of magical belief in the age of science

    Subbotsky, E., 2012, Magic and the Supernatural. Hendrix, S. E. & Shannon, T. J. (eds.). Oxford: Inter-disciplinary Press, p. 89-99 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

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