Shake it baby, but only when needed: Preschoolers adapt their exploratory strategies to the information structure of the task

Previous research has suggested that active engagement with the world drives children's remarkable learning capabilities. We investigated whether preschoolers are “ecological learners,” that is, whether they are able to select those active learning strategies that are most informative in a give...

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Main Authors: Gopnik, A. (Author), Ruggeri, A. (Author), Sim, Z.L (Author), Swaboda, N. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2019
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