Departmental Colloquium: Laura Schulz (Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT), Inferential economics: Children's sensitivity to the cost and value of action and information
Date:
Wednesday, May 11, 2016 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Inferential economics: Children's sensitivity to the cost and value of action and information
Across a series of studies, I will show that very young children evaluate their own competence and that of informants in learning and exploring. I will also discuss the ways in which the costs of information are themselves informative, giving children insight into others’ mental states.