16-Month-Olds Rationally Infer Causes of Failed Actions

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Gweon, Hyowon; Schulz, Laura E.
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Abstract
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
2011-06
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/103094
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
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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
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