In Pursuit of Knowledge: Preschoolers Expect Agents to Weigh Information Gain and Information Cost When Deciding Whether to Explore
dc.contributor.author | Aboody, Rosie | |
dc.contributor.author | Zhou, Caiqin | |
dc.contributor.author | Jara‐ettinger, Julian | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-10-05T15:07:36Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-10-05 11:07:35 | en |
dc.date.available | 2021-10-05T15:07:36Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-09 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Aboody, Rosie; Zhou, Caiqin; Jara‐ettinger, Julian (2021). "In Pursuit of Knowledge: Preschoolers Expect Agents to Weigh Information Gain and Information Cost When Deciding Whether to Explore." Child Development (5): 1919-1931. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0009-3920 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1467-8624 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/170258 | |
dc.publisher | Cognitive Science Society | |
dc.publisher | Wiley Periodicals, Inc. | |
dc.title | In Pursuit of Knowledge: Preschoolers Expect Agents to Weigh Information Gain and Information Cost When Deciding Whether to Explore | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Psychology | |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/170258/1/cdev13557.pdf | |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/170258/2/cdev13557_am.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/cdev.13557 | |
dc.identifier.source | Child Development | |
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