Children's ability to query others is remarkable because it attests to their coordination of a
range of complex cognitive capacities and because it allows them to initiate and redirect …

Researchers have become increasingly aware that data-analysis decisions affect results.
Here, we examine this issue systematically for multinomial processing tree (MPT) models, a …

An examination of the cognitive tools that the mind uses to grapple with uncertainty in the
real world. How do humans navigate uncertainty, continuously making near-effortless …

How do people infer the Bayesian posterior probability from stated base rate, hit rate, and
false alarm rate? This question is not only of theoretical relevance but also of practical …

Preschoolers are discerning learners, preferring to trust people who are accurate, reliable,
and appropriately-informed. Do these preferences reflect mental-state reasoning, where …

When people estimate the quantities of objects (eg, country populations), are then presented
with the objects' actual quantities, and subsequently asked to remember their initial …

How do people use memories to make inferences about real-world objects? We tested three
strategies based on predicted patterns of response times and blood-oxygen-level …

When making inferences about pairs of objects, one of which is recognized and the other is
not, the recognition heuristic states that participants choose the recognized object in a …

Little is known about how children generate options for taking action in familiar situations or
how they select which action option to actually perform. In this article, we explore the …

New interactive physical–digital play technologies are sha** the way children play. These
technologies refer to digital play technologies that engage children in analogue (non-digital) …