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

Type: 
Colloquia
Audience: 
Open to the Public
Building: 
Oktober 6 u. 7
Room: 
101
Wednesday, May 11, 2016 - 5:00pm
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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.