16-Month-Olds Rationally Infer Causes of Failed Actions
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Gweon, Hyowon; Schulz, Laura E.![Thumbnail](/bitstream/handle/1721.1/103094/1204493Revisedtext.pdf.jpg?sequence=4&isAllowed=y)
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Sixteen-month-old infants (N = 83) rationally used sparse data about the distribution of outcomes among agents and objects to solve a fundamental inference problem: deciding whether event outcomes are due to themselves or the world. When infants experienced failed outcomes, their causal attributions affected whether they sought help or explored.
Date issued
2011-06Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive SciencesJournal
Science
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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Gweon, Hyowon and Laura Schulz. "16-Month-Olds Rationally Infer Causes of Failed Actions." Science (24 Jun 2011) 332:6037, pp. 1524.
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0036-8075
1095-9203