title: 16-month-olds rationally infer causes of failed actions.
abstract: Sixteen-month-old infants (N = 83) rationally used sparse data about the distribution of outcomes among agents and objects to solve a fundamental inference problem: deciding whether event outcomes are due to themselves or the world. When infants experienced failed outcomes, their causal attributions affected whether they sought help or explored.
authors.affiliation: Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. hyora@mit.edu
authors.forename: Hyowon
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gweon
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schulz
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018730:Infant Behavior; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D008606:Mental Processes; D011340:Problem Solving