Research Report 2020–2022/23

MPRG iSearch | Information Search, Ecological and Active Learning Research with Children
Publications 2020-2022/23

References accepted before 6 October 2023
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Note: This report includes references to publications that were accepted by publishers or published as advance online versions during the reporting period. As these publications have been further published, the references listed here have been updated.

Journal Article (33)

2024

Journal Article

Collins, R. N., Mandel, D. R., Karvetski, C. W., Wu, C. M., & Nelson, J. D. (2024). The wisdom of the coherent: Improving correspondence with coherence-weighted aggregation. Decision, 11(1), 60–85. https://doi.org/10.1037/dec0000211

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Ruggeri, A., Stanciu, O., Pelz, M., Gopnik, A., & Schulz, E. (2024). Preschoolers search longer when there is more information to be gained. Developmental Science, 27(1), Article e13411. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13411

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2023

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Adams, Z., Osman, M., Bechlivanidis, C., & Meder, B. (2023). (Why) is misinformation a problem? Perspectives on Psychological Science, 18(6), 1436–1463. https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916221141344

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Bridgers, S., De Simone, C., Gweon, H., & Ruggeri, A. (2023). Children seek help based on how others learn. Child Development, 94(5), 1259–1280. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13926

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Chai, K.-X., Xu, F., Swaboda, N., & Ruggeri, A. (2023). Preschoolers' information search strategies: Inefficient but adaptive. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, Article 1080755. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1080755

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Giron, A. P., Ciranka, S., Schulz, E., van den Bos, W., Ruggeri, A., Meder, B., & Wu, C. M. (2023). Developmental changes in exploration resemble stochastic optimization. Nature Human Behaviour, 7, 1955–1967. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01662-1

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Kanngiesser, P., Serko, D., & Woike, J. K. (2023). Promises on the go: A field study on keeping one's word. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, Article 1097239. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1097239

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Török, G., Swaboda, N., & Ruggeri, A. (2023). Smart or just lucky? Inferring question-asking competence from strategies' efficiency versus effectiveness. Developmental Psychology, 59(6), 1136–1152. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001516

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Zahedi, A., Oroz Artigas, S., Swaboda, N., Wiers, C. E., Görgen, K., & Park, S. Q. (2023). Neural correlates of changing food choices while bypassing values. NeuroImage, 274, Article 120134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120134

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2022

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Bramley, N. R., Jones, A., Gureckis, T. M., & Ruggeri, A. (2022). Children’s failure to control variables may reflect adaptive decision‑making. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 29, 2314–2324. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-022-02120-1

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Bramley, N. R., & Ruggeri, A. (2022). Children's active physical learning is as effective and goal-targeted as adults'. Developmental Psychology, 58(12), 2310–2321. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001435

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De Simone, C., Battisti, A., & Ruggeri, A. (2022). Differential impact of web habits and active navigation on adolescents' online learning. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 8, Article 100246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2022.100246

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Kanero, J., Oranç, C., Koşkulu, S., Kumkale, G. T., Göksun, T., & Küntay, A. C. (2022). Are tutor robots for everyone? The influence of attitudes, anxiety, and personality on robot‑led language learning. International Journal of Social Robotics, 14, 297–312. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-021-00789-3

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Meder, B., Mayrhofer, R., & Ruggeri, A. (2022). Developmental trajectories in the understanding of everyday uncertainty terms. Topics in Cognitive Science, 14(2), 258–281. https://doi.org/10.1111/tops.12564

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Nelson, J. D., Rosenauer, C., Crupi, V., Tentori, K., & Meder, B. (2022). The likelihood difference heuristic and binary test selection given situation-specific utilities. Decision, 9(3), 285–319. https://doi.org/10.1037/dec0000160

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Ruggeri, A. (2022). An introduction to ecological active learning. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 31(6), 471–479. https://doi.org/10.1177/09637214221112114

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Swaboda, N., Meder, B., & Ruggeri, A. (2022). Finding the (most efficient) way out of a maze is easier than asking (good) questions. Developmental Psychology, 58(9), 1730–1746. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001386

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Vasil, N., Ruggeri, A., & Lombrozo, T. (2022). When and how children use explanations to guide generalizations. Cognitive Development, 61, Article 101144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2021.101144

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2021

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De Simone, C., & Ruggeri, A. (2021). What is a good question asker better at? From unsystematic generalization to adult-like selectivity across childhood. Cognitive Development, 59, Article 101082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2021.101082

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Domberg, A., Tomasello, M., & Köymen, B. (2021). Collaborative reasoning in the context of group competition. PLoS ONE, 16(2), Article e0246589. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246589

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Jones, A., Markant, D. B., Pachur, T., Gopnik, A., & Ruggeri, A. (2021). How is the hypothesis space represented? Evidence from young children’s active search and predictions in a multiple-cue inference task. Developmental Psychology, 57(7), 1080–1093. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001201

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Kanero, J., Tunalı, E. T., Oranç, C., Göksun, T., & Küntay, A. C. (2021). When even a robot tutor zooms: A study of embodiment, attitudes, and impressions. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 8, Article 679893. https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2021.679893

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Meder, B., Wu, C. M., Schulz, E., & Ruggeri, A. (2021). Development of directed and random exploration in children. Developmental Science, 24(4), Article e13095. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13095

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Musculus, L., Ruggeri, A., & Raab, M. (2021). Movement matters! Understanding the developmental trajectory of embodied planning. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, Article 633100. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.633100

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Oranç, C., & Ruggeri, A. (2021). "Alexa, let me ask you something different": Children's adaptive information search with voice assistants. Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, 3(4), 595–605. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbe2.270

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Özel, E., Nelson, J. D., Bertram, L., & Martignon, L. (2021). Playing entropy mastermind can foster children's information-theoretical intuitions. Frontiers in Education, 6, Article 595000. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2021.595000

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Ruggeri, A., Walker, C. M., Lombrozo, T., & Gopnik, A. (2021). How to help young children ask better questions? Frontiers in Psychology, 11, Article 586819. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.586819

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2020

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Bertram, L. (2020). Digital learning games for mathematics and computer science education: The need for preregistered RCTs, standardized methodology, and advanced technology. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, Article 2127. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02127

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Fantasia, V., Markant, D. B., Valeri, G., Perri, N., & Ruggeri, A. (2020). Memory enhancements from active control of learning in children with autism spectrum disorder. Autism, 24(8), 1995–2007. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361320931244

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Köymen, B., O'Madagain, C., Domberg, A., & Tomasello, M. (2020). Young children's ability to produce valid and relevant counter-arguments. Child Development, 91(3), 685–693. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13338

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Osman, M., McLachlan, S., Fenton, N., Neil, M., Löfstedt, R., & Meder, B. (2020). Learning from behavioural changes that fail. Topics in Cognitive Science, 24(12), 969–980. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2020.09.009

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Taylor, N., Hofer, M., & Nelson, J. D. (2020). The paradox of help seeking in the entropy mastermind game. Frontiers in Education, 5, Article 533998. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2020.533998

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Wu, C. M., Schulz, E., Garvert, M. M., Meder, B., & Schuck, N. W. (2020). Similarities and differences in spatial and non-spatial cognitive maps. PLoS Computational Biology, 16(9), Article e1008149. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008149

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Book Chapter (3)

2022

Book Chapter

De Simone, C., & Ruggeri, A. (2022). Searching for information, from infancy to adolescence. In I. Cogliati Dezza, E. Schulz, & C. M. Wu (Eds.), The drive for knowledge: The science of human information seeking (pp. 77–97). Cambridge University Press.

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Book Chapter

Meder, B., Crupi, V., & Nelson, J. D. (2022). What makes a good query? Prospects for a comprehensive theory of human information acquisition. In I. Cogliati Dezza, E. Schulz, & C. M. Wu (Eds.), The drive for knowledge: The science of human information seeking (pp. 101–123). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009026949.006

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2020

Book Chapter

Jones, A., Swaboda, N., & Ruggeri, A. (2020). Developmental changes in question-asking. In L. P. Butler, S. Ronfard, & K. H. Corriveau (Eds.), The questioning child: Insights from psychology and education (pp. 118–143). Cambridge University Press.

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Conference Paper (4)

2023

Conference Paper

Chai, K.-X., Stanciu, O., & Ruggeri, A. (2023). Efficient detectives in the sandbox: Children demonstrate adaptive information-search strategies in a novel spatial search game. In M. Goldwater, F. K. Anggoro, B. K. Hayes, & D. C. Ong (Eds.), Proceedings of the 45th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 702–708). UC Merced.

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Serko, D., Li, Y.-L., Swaboda, N., & Ruggeri, A. (2023). Preschoolers select the relevant information when looking for a hidden present. In M. Goldwater, F. K. Anggoro, B. K. Hayes, & D. C. Ong (Eds.), Proceedings of the 45th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1951–1957). UC Merced.

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Conference Paper

Serko, D., Vasil, N., & Ruggeri, A. (2023). The role of causal stability in children’s active exploration. In M. Goldwater, F. K. Anggoro, B. K. Hayes, & D. C. Ong (Eds.), Proceedings of the 45th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2186–2192). UC Merced.

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2022

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Serko, D., Leonard, J., & Ruggeri, A. (2022). Developmental changes in children’s training strategies. In J. Culbertson, A. Perfors, H. Rabagliati, & V. Ramenzoni (Eds.), Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (Vol. 44, pp. 3425–3431). Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5cz5n57d.

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Thesis - PhD (2)

2021

Thesis - PhD

De Simone, C. (2021). Active and ecological learning to navigate the social world [PhD Thesis, TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology].

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Thesis - PhD

Jones, A. (2021). Active learning strategies in child- and adulthood: An interdisciplinary perspective [PhD Thesis, Technische Universität München].

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