Abstract. Though disagreement provides valuable chances to learn, people typically avoid it. This study tested whether understanding that people can hold d

We often avoid talking to people who disagree with us, missing potentially valuable learning opportunities. Across four preregistered studies, we examined children's (6–11 years) and adults’ interes...

This study examines a prominent bias in human reasoning: myside bias. Myside bias is the tendency to favor information supporting our beliefs and undermining information against what we believe. The s...

Imagine that you are inviting someone over for dinner. You tell them that you are considering making lasagna. They respond, “Lasagna’s ok.” Should you make lasagna for them? This depends on whether yo...

Metacognition improves significantly over childhood, but the mechanisms underlying this development are poorly understood. We first review recent rese…

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We tested the hypothesis that children’s ability to reflect on the causes of their uncertainty about a surprising claim allows them to better target their empirical investigation of that claim—and tha...