Emily Hembacher
Biographic Data
| ID | 5082468 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emily Hembacher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emily |
| FAMILY NAME | Hembacher |
| SIGNATURE | HEMBACHER E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stanford University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6578-4238 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Young children infer the informativeness of others’ praise
Praise is not only rewarding but also informative. It can provide children with information about their competence, especially when they are uncertain or unable to judge for themselves. Not all praise is equally meaningful, however: someone who praises only high-quality work is more informative than someone who praises indiscriminately. Across four experiments, we find that 4- to 5-year-old U.S. children-from both in-person preschool and online s…
Children’s Social Information Seeking is Sensitive to Referential Ambiguity
We examined children’s spontaneous information seeking in response to referential ambiguity. Children ages 2–5 (n = 160) identified the referents of familiar and novel labels. We manipulated ambiguity by changing the number of objects present and their familiarity (Experiments 1 and 2), and the availability of referential gaze (Experiment 2). In both experiments, children looked to the face of the experimenter more often while responding, specifi…
Response latencies and eye gaze provide insight on how toddlers gather evidence under uncertainty
Children’s Social Information Seeking is Sensitive to Referential Ambiguity
We examined children’s spontaneous information seeking in response to referential ambiguity. Children ages 2–5 (n = 160) identified the referents of familiar and novel labels. We manipulated ambiguity by changing the number of objects present and their familiarity (Experiments 1 and 2), and the availability of referential gaze (Experiment 2). In both experiments, children looked to the face of the experimenter more often while responding, specifi…
Response latencies and eye gaze provide insight on how toddlers gather evidence under uncertainty
Young children infer the informativeness of others’ praise
Praise is not only rewarding but also informative. It can provide children with information about their competence, especially when they are uncertain or unable to judge for themselves. Not all praise is equally meaningful, however: someone who praises only high-quality work is more informative than someone who praises indiscriminately. Across four experiments, we find that 4- to 5-year-old U.S. children-from both in-person preschool and online s…
Child and Animal Learning Development (2 works) · Cognitive psychology (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Gaze (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Ambiguity (1 work) · Cognition (1 work) · Communication in Education and Healthcare (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Data science (1 work)