What Could Go Wrong: Adults and Children Calibrate Predictions and Explanations of Others' Actions Based on Relative Reward and Danger

When human adults make decisions (e.g., wearing a seat belt), we often consider the negative consequences that would ensue if our actions were to fail, even if we have never experienced such a failure. Do the same considerations guide our understanding of other people's decisions? In this paper...

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Main Authors: Gjata, Nensi N, Ullman, Tomer D, Spelke, Elizabeth S, Liu, Shari
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/144141