Young children's use of probabilistic reliability and base-rates in decision-making.

Children are skilled reasoners who readily use causal, reliability, and base-rate (i.e., prior probability) information in their decisions. Though these abilities are typically studied in isolation, children often must consider multiple pieces of information to make an informed decision. Four experi...

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Main Authors: Samantha Gualtieri, Elizabeth Attisano, Stephanie Denison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268790