Causal understanding is a defining characteristic of human cognition. Like many animals,
human children learn to control their bodily movements and act effectively in the …

Humans are driven by an intrinsic motivation to learn, but the developmental origins of
curiosity‐driven exploration remain unclear. We investigated the computational principles …

Although children's sensitivity to others' informativeness emerges early in life, their active
information search becomes robustly efficient only around age 10. Young children's difficulty …

Research in both laboratory and museum settings suggests that children's exploration and
caregiver–child interaction relate to children's learning and engagement. Most of this work …

Recent studies suggest children's exploratory play is consistent with formal accounts of
rational learning. Here we focus on the tension between this view and a nearly ubiquitous …

The adoption of cultural variants by learners is affected by multiple factors including the
prestige of the model and the value and frequency of different variants. However, little is …

Recent studies suggest children's exploratory play is consistent with formal accounts of
rational learning. Here we focus on the tension between this view and a nearly ubiquitous …

The article characterizes the current state of implementation of children's experimentation in
preschool pedagogy of Ukraine. The results of a survey of pedagogues of preschool …

Few phenomena in childhood are as compelling or mystifying as play. While many animals
play, human play is distinguished by the sheer diversity of goals that we pursue, even as …