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CDC Internal Seminar: Katarina Begus, Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck, University of London

Type: 
Colloquia
Audience: 
Private
Speaker: 
Katarina Begus
Building: 
Oktober 6 u. 7
Room: 
Oktober Hall
Academic Area: 
Infant social cognition
Monday, June 22, 2015 - 3:00pm
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Date: 
Monday, June 22, 2015 - 3:00pm to 6:00pm
Abstract:
 
I will describe a series of studies demonstrating that even very young infants are active learners, with means of soliciting information and mechanisms of selective engagement and learning. I will present results from studies investigating how infants solicit information from social partners; what effect does seeking and receiving information have on their learning; whether infants actively select what information to encode even before receiving it; and finally some preliminary data on what kind of information infants seek or choose to encode.