Category: Children

Buchsbaum, D., Tecwyn, E., Whalen, A., Felsche, E., Messer, E. J. E., Griffiths, T. L., Gopnik, A., & Seed, A. (preprint). Children, but not capuchins, rationally integrate social and physical information when deciding which actions to copy. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/8yah3_v1

…Continue Reading Buchsbaum, D., Tecwyn, E., Whalen, A., Felsche, E., Messer, E. J. E., Griffiths, T. L., Gopnik, A., & Seed, A. (preprint). Children, but not capuchins, rationally integrate social and physical information when deciding which actions to copy. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/8yah3_v1

Zhou, C., Gelpi, R., Iorini, M., Lucas, C. G, & Buchsbaum, D. (2025). Preschool Children’s Learning and Generalization of Continuous Causal Functions. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 47. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1v0759td

…Continue Reading Zhou, C., Gelpi, R., Iorini, M., Lucas, C. G, & Buchsbaum, D. (2025). Preschool Children’s Learning and Generalization of Continuous Causal Functions. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 47. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1v0759td

Gelpí, R. A., Otsubo, K., Whalen, A., & Buchsbaum, D. (2025). Investigating sensitivity to shared information and personal experience in children’s use of majority information. Open Mind, 9, 240-265. https://doi.org/10.1162/opmi_a_00182

…Continue Reading Gelpí, R. A., Otsubo, K., Whalen, A., & Buchsbaum, D. (2025). Investigating sensitivity to shared information and personal experience in children’s use of majority information. Open Mind, 9, 240-265. https://doi.org/10.1162/opmi_a_00182

Zhou, C., Gelpi, R., Lucas C. G. & Buchsbaum, D. Can Children Learn Functional Relations Through Active Information Sampling? (2024). In L. K. Samuelson, S. Frank, M. Toneva, A. Mackey & E. Hazeltine (Eds). Proceedings of the 45th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9nj772h9

…Continue Reading Zhou, C., Gelpi, R., Lucas C. G. & Buchsbaum, D. Can Children Learn Functional Relations Through Active Information Sampling? (2024). In L. K. Samuelson, S. Frank, M. Toneva, A. Mackey & E. Hazeltine (Eds). Proceedings of the 45th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9nj772h9

León Villagrá, P., Mathiaparanam, O., Rosengren, K. & Buchsbaum, D. How Red Is a Ladybeetle? Examining People’s Notions of Biological Variability (2024). In L. K. Samuelson, S. Frank, M. Toneva, A. Mackey & E. Hazeltine (Eds). Proceedings of the 45th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/66t4x0fb

…Continue Reading León Villagrá, P., Mathiaparanam, O., Rosengren, K. & Buchsbaum, D. How Red Is a Ladybeetle? Examining People’s Notions of Biological Variability (2024). In L. K. Samuelson, S. Frank, M. Toneva, A. Mackey & E. Hazeltine (Eds). Proceedings of the 45th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/66t4x0fb

Gelpi, R., & Buchsbaum, D. Children as Cultural Explorers: How Imitation, Pedagogy, and Selective Trust Prepare Children for Learning in the Cultural Niche. (2024). In J. J. Tehrani, J. Kendal, & R. Kendal (Eds). The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198869252.013.19

…Continue Reading Gelpi, R., & Buchsbaum, D. Children as Cultural Explorers: How Imitation, Pedagogy, and Selective Trust Prepare Children for Learning in the Cultural Niche. (2024). In J. J. Tehrani, J. Kendal, & R. Kendal (Eds). The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198869252.013.19

Felsche, E., Völter, C. J., Herrmann, E., Seed, A. M., & Buchsbaum, D. (2024). How can I find what I want? CAN children, chimpanzees and capuchin monkeys form abstract representations to guide their behavior in a sampling task? Cognition, 245, 105721. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2024.105721

…Continue Reading Felsche, E., Völter, C. J., Herrmann, E., Seed, A. M., & Buchsbaum, D. (2024). How can I find what I want? CAN children, chimpanzees and capuchin monkeys form abstract representations to guide their behavior in a sampling task? Cognition, 245, 105721. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2024.105721

Leon Villagra, P., Ehrlich, I., Lucas, C., & Buchsbaum, D. (2023). Charting children’s fruit categories with Markov-Chain Monte Carlo with People. In M. Goldwater, F. Anggoro, B. Hayes & D. Ong (Eds.), Proceedings of the 45th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3f76j5mm

…Continue Reading Leon Villagra, P., Ehrlich, I., Lucas, C., & Buchsbaum, D. (2023). Charting children’s fruit categories with Markov-Chain Monte Carlo with People. In M. Goldwater, F. Anggoro, B. Hayes & D. Ong (Eds.), Proceedings of the 45th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3f76j5mm

Gelpí, R. A., Whalen, A., Griffiths, T. L., Xu, F., & Buchsbaum, D. (2025). Can children and adults balance majority size with information quality in learning from preferences? Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 154(5), 1388–1406. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001724

…Continue Reading Gelpí, R. A., Whalen, A., Griffiths, T. L., Xu, F., & Buchsbaum, D. (2025). Can children and adults balance majority size with information quality in learning from preferences? Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 154(5), 1388–1406. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001724

Felsche, E., Stevens, P., Völter, C. J., Buchsbaum, D., & Seed, A. M. (2023). Evidence for abstract representations in children but not capuchin monkeys. Cognitive Psychology, 140, 101530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogpsych.2022.101530

…Continue Reading Felsche, E., Stevens, P., Völter, C. J., Buchsbaum, D., & Seed, A. M. (2023). Evidence for abstract representations in children but not capuchin monkeys. Cognitive Psychology, 140, 101530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogpsych.2022.101530

Wente A, Gopnik A, Fernández Flecha M, Garcia T, Buchsbaum D. (2022) Causal learning, counterfactual reasoning and pretend play: a cross-cultural comparison of Peruvian, mixed- and low-socioeconomic status U.S. children. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.

…Continue Reading Wente A, Gopnik A, Fernández Flecha M, Garcia T, Buchsbaum D. (2022) Causal learning, counterfactual reasoning and pretend play: a cross-cultural comparison of Peruvian, mixed- and low-socioeconomic status U.S. children. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.

Gualtieri, S., Buchsbaum, D., & Denison, S. (2020). Exploring information use in children’s decision-making: Base-rate neglect and trust in testimony. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 149(8), 1527–1536. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000726

…Continue Reading Gualtieri, S., Buchsbaum, D., & Denison, S. (2020). Exploring information use in children’s decision-making: Base-rate neglect and trust in testimony. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 149(8), 1527–1536. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000726

Yuk, V., Urbain, C., Pang, E. W., Anagnostou, E., Buchsbaum, D., & Taylor, M. J. (2018). Do you know what I’m thinking? Temporal and spatial brain activity during a theory of mind task in children with autism. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 34, 139-147. doi:10.1016/j.dcn.2018.08.001

…Continue Reading Yuk, V., Urbain, C., Pang, E. W., Anagnostou, E., Buchsbaum, D., & Taylor, M. J. (2018). Do you know what I’m thinking? Temporal and spatial brain activity during a theory of mind task in children with autism. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 34, 139-147. doi:10.1016/j.dcn.2018.08.001

Otsubo, K., Whalen, A., & Buchsbaum, D. (2017). Investigating Sensitivity to Shared Information and Personal Experience in Children’s Use of Majority Information. Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society.

…Continue Reading Otsubo, K., Whalen, A., & Buchsbaum, D. (2017). Investigating Sensitivity to Shared Information and Personal Experience in Children’s Use of Majority Information. Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society.

Burdett, E. R. R., Lucas, AJ., Buchsbaum, D., McGuigan, N., Wood, LA., et al. (2016). Do Children Copy an Expert or a Majority? Examining Selective Learning in Instrumental and Normative Contexts. PLoS ONE 11(10): e0164698.

…Continue Reading Burdett, E. R. R., Lucas, AJ., Buchsbaum, D., McGuigan, N., Wood, LA., et al. (2016). Do Children Copy an Expert or a Majority? Examining Selective Learning in Instrumental and Normative Contexts. PLoS ONE 11(10): e0164698.

Gopnik, A., Seiver, E., & Buchsbaum, D. (2013). How causal learning helps us to understand other people, and how other people help us to learn about causes: Probabilistic models and the development of social cognition. (M. R. Banaji, S. A. Gelman, Ed.). Navigating the social world: What infants, children, and other species can teach us: Oxford University Press

…Continue Reading Gopnik, A., Seiver, E., & Buchsbaum, D. (2013). How causal learning helps us to understand other people, and how other people help us to learn about causes: Probabilistic models and the development of social cognition. (M. R. Banaji, S. A. Gelman, Ed.). Navigating the social world: What infants, children, and other species can teach us: Oxford University Press

Hu, J. C., Buchsbaum, D., Griffiths, T. L., & Xu, F. (2013). When does the majority rule? preschoolers trust in majority informants varies by domain. In Proceedings of the 35th annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Berlin, Germany: Cognitive Science Society (Vol. 35, No. 35).

…Continue Reading Hu, J. C., Buchsbaum, D., Griffiths, T. L., & Xu, F. (2013). When does the majority rule? preschoolers trust in majority informants varies by domain. In Proceedings of the 35th annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Berlin, Germany: Cognitive Science Society (Vol. 35, No. 35).

Buchsbaum, D., Seiver, E., Bridgers, S., & Gopnik, A. (2012). Learning about Causes from People and about People as Causes: Probabilistic Models and Social Causal Reasoning (Xu, Fei, Tamar Kushnir, Ed.). Rational Constructivism, Waltham, MA: Academic Press

…Continue Reading Buchsbaum, D., Seiver, E., Bridgers, S., & Gopnik, A. (2012). Learning about Causes from People and about People as Causes: Probabilistic Models and Social Causal Reasoning (Xu, Fei, Tamar Kushnir, Ed.). Rational Constructivism, Waltham, MA: Academic Press

Buchsbaum, D., Bridgers, S., Weisberg, D. S., & Gopnik, A. (2012). The power of possibility: Causal learning, counterfactual reasoning, and pretend play. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 367, 2202-2212.

…Continue Reading Buchsbaum, D., Bridgers, S., Weisberg, D. S., & Gopnik, A. (2012). The power of possibility: Causal learning, counterfactual reasoning, and pretend play. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 367, 2202-2212.

Buchsbaum, D., Gopnik, A., & Griffiths, T. L. (2010). Children’s Imitation of Action Sequences is Influenced by Statistical Evidence and Inferred Causal Structure. In Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (Vol. 32, No. 32).

…Continue Reading Buchsbaum, D., Gopnik, A., & Griffiths, T. L. (2010). Children’s Imitation of Action Sequences is Influenced by Statistical Evidence and Inferred Causal Structure. In Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (Vol. 32, No. 32).