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

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Journal Article (33)

2024
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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
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
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
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
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

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.
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
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.

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.
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.
2022
Conference Paper
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.

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