Reach Tracking Studies
This game is for... children 4-8 years of age, speaks and understands English
Location: In-Person at Our Lab
Duration: ~1 hour
Description: These series of studies look at children’s cognition of fairness, social cues, risk taking, and abilities to determine other minds. Your child will play games on a large screen where they will reach to the screen. They will have to decide how to accrue or share resources and how to adapt to social signals. During some studies, your child’s decisions determine how many stickers they will receive, and at the end, your child will get some toys as a prize.
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Backwards Blocking
This game is for... children 5-6 years of age, speaks and understands English
Location: Online or In-Person at Our Lab
Duration: ~10 minutes
Description: This study looks at children’s understanding of causality. Your child will watch a video on a screen and answer questions as to what toys might or might not have caused a machine to turn on. At the end, your child will get some toys as a prize for participating.
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Shifting Gears
This game is for... children 5-7 years of age, speaks and understands English
Location: In-Person at Our Lab
Duration: 15-20 minutes
Description: For this visit, your child will take part in a decision-making study in which they will construct a gear toy with a researcher. Children’s choices throughout this game can tell us more about how they problem-solve in their everyday lives. This game takes approximately 15-20 minutes.
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