Children's Trait Inference and Partner Choice in a Cooperative Game
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9646176 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laura Schlingloff-Nemecz (0000-0001-7512-2617, Central European University, corresponding author), Maayan Stavans (0000-0002-5681-8114, Central European University), Barbu Revencu (0000-0001-8701-9123, Central European University), Kazuhide Hashiya (0000-0003-3497-3460, Kyushu University), Hiromi Kobayashi (0000-0003-0138-5363, Kyushu University), Gergely Csibra (0000-0002-7044-3056, Central European University) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 96 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1458-1473 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Child Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-3920 • E-ISSN: 1467-8624 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/cdev.14247 |
| PMID | 40219682 |
| OpenAlex | W4409379160 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 67 |
A series of experiments conducted in Central Europe (Hungary, Austria) and East Asia (Japan) probed whether 5- to 10-year-old children (n = 436, 213 female) and adults (n = 71, 43 female; all data collected between July 2020 and May 2023) would infer traits and choose partners accordingly, in a novel touchscreen game. The participants observed third-party actions and interactions of animated agents whose behavior varied in prosociality and skill, and subsequently selected whom to play with in potentially cooperative endeavors. Overall, the results indicate (1) that trait inference may not naturally follow from action understanding but relies on learning and experimental task framing, and (2) that by 7 years of age, children begin to capitalize on such inferences in partner choice
Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Inference · Trait · Artificial Intelligence · Child and Animal Learning Development · Computer Science · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |