Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
10452429 Cognitive Psychology 2012 20 Pages PDF
Abstract
► We look how evidence and prior beliefs effect exploration, explanation and learning. ► We tested children with differential prior beliefs about balance relationships. ► Identical evidence was explored differently depending on children's prior beliefs. ► Children appealed to auxiliary variables to explain belief-violations. ► Children revised predictions in the absence of the explanatory auxiliary variable.
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