Violations of expectation trigger infants to search for explanations

2021/11/02 by Jasmin Perez, Lisa Feigenson · 61 citations
Neuroscience · Psychology · #Child and Animal Learning Development #Cognitive psychology #Computer science #Developmental psychology #Event (particle physics) #Expectancy theory #Face Recognition and Perception #Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior #Object (grammar) #Preference #Psychology #Social psychology #Surprise

paper · doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104942

published in Cognition 218, 104942 (Elsevier BV)

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