Dear all,

The next talk in our seminar series will by given by:

Yuyan Luo (University of Missouri)

Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 5 PM

Location: Cognitive Development Center, Hattyú u. 14, 3rd floor

Title: Infants understand others' preferences using statistical information and transitive reasoning.

Understanding one another’s preferences, e.g., for something or someone over others, is important for us to navigate the social world. Even infants seem to make sense of agents’ actions in terms of preferences, which are defined as dispositional states that help explain why an agent chooses a particular object in the presence of another option. So far, results on infants’ understanding of preferences have come from experimental situations in which the available evidence is straightforward, that is, when an agent’s choice between two options is consistent. I will present data showing when the agent chooses inconsistently between two options, infants can use different consistency/inconsistency ratios to learn about the agent's preferences. In addition, I will present data showing that infants can also engage in transitive reasoning about preferences. Together, these results demonstrate how general learning mechanisms, statistical learning and transitive reasoning in particular, inform infants' understanding about agents' preferences.

PLEASE NOTE: Our seminar room has a limited capacity. Please arrive early to ensure you get a seat. The talk will begin promptly at 5.

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