I argue that the evolution of our life history, with its distinctively long, protected human
childhood, allows an early period of broad hypothesis search and exploration, before the …

Curiosity is a basic element of our cognition, but its biological function, mechanisms, and
neural underpinning remain poorly understood. It is nonetheless a motivator for learning …

After growing up together, and mostly growing apart in the second half of the 20th century,
the fields of artificial intelligence (AI), cognitive science, and neuroscience are reconverging …

How was the evolution of our unique biological life history related to distinctive human
developments in cognition and culture? We suggest that the extended human childhood and …

Cognitive biases, such as the anchoring bias, pose a serious challenge to rational accounts
of human cognition. We investigate whether rational theories can meet this challenge by …

This article provides a synthesis and overview of a theory of cognitive development, rational
constructivism. The basic tenets of this view are as follows:(a) Initial state: Human infants …

Doplněné a přepracované vydání oblíbené publikace se zabývá psychickým vývojem
jedince v období dětství a dospívání. Tento vývoj je analyzován z různých hledisek: se …

Bayesian explanations have swept through cognitive science over the past two decades,
from intuitive physics and causal learning, to perception, motor control and language. Yet …

The past decade has seen the emergence of the use of reinforcement learning models to
study developmental change in value-based learning. It is unclear, however, whether these …

Research on confidence spreads across several sub-fields of psychology and neuroscience.
Here, we explore how a definition of confidence as Bayesian probability can unify these …