How do infants think about ownership?

Ages 16, 17, and 18 month olds

Duration: 15 minutes

In a 15-minute study over Zoom, your baby will watch videos of two people interacting with two types of snacks. One person will then take some snacks associated with the other person. Do babies expect the person to be happy or sad when this happens?

*This study requires a laptop or desktop computer*

(project in collaboration with the SoCal lab)

Trick-or-Truth

Ages 5-8 years

Duration: 25 minutes

In this study, your child will play a kid-friendly online game with our researchers to learn how do kids strategize when playing games against another player?

Default effects in children

Ages 6-8 years

Duration: 17 minutes

In this study, your child will participate in two short studies in one session. In the first study, your child will watch two videos of puppets and be asked a few questions about the puppets' preferences. In the second study, your child will be asked to choose a default option to influence a puppet's choice.

Learning about people from objects

Age: 6-year-olds

Duration: 15 minutes

Children's causal reasoning about sound

Ages 4-6 years

Duration: 12 minutes