Adena Schachner
@adenaschachner.bsky.social
Assoc Prof at UC San Diego, exploring the mind & its origins. Cognitive development, social cognition, music cognition, open science, all of interest. http://madlab.ucsd.edu
I and my lab are happy to be at #cogsci2025! Here's a shortcut to find work from the fabulous folks in my lab (and me) 😄
July 30, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I and my lab are happy to be at #cogsci2025! Here's a shortcut to find work from the fabulous folks in my lab (and me) 😄
Again, younger children failed: 4 year old children did not systematically pick any answer. Altogether, our data shows developmental change. 4 year old children may fail to integrate auditory & visual information in causal reasoning, and develop this ability by age 6 years.
July 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Again, younger children failed: 4 year old children did not systematically pick any answer. Altogether, our data shows developmental change. 4 year old children may fail to integrate auditory & visual information in causal reasoning, and develop this ability by age 6 years.
If people are using Bayesian causal reasoning, then their reasoning should be flexible, allowing for other inferences too.
In a second experiment, we found evidence of this: 6yo children and adults also used musical sounds' timing to infer the structure of the visual environment.
In a second experiment, we found evidence of this: 6yo children and adults also used musical sounds' timing to infer the structure of the visual environment.
July 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
If people are using Bayesian causal reasoning, then their reasoning should be flexible, allowing for other inferences too.
In a second experiment, we found evidence of this: 6yo children and adults also used musical sounds' timing to infer the structure of the visual environment.
In a second experiment, we found evidence of this: 6yo children and adults also used musical sounds' timing to infer the structure of the visual environment.
By 6 years, kids' causal reasoning about music was adult-like: They integrated auditory and visual information to judge when a hidden agent was present.
Younger kids differed: 4yo's judged that an agent was present when they heard orderly sounds, and ignored relevant visual information entirely.
Younger kids differed: 4yo's judged that an agent was present when they heard orderly sounds, and ignored relevant visual information entirely.
July 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
By 6 years, kids' causal reasoning about music was adult-like: They integrated auditory and visual information to judge when a hidden agent was present.
Younger kids differed: 4yo's judged that an agent was present when they heard orderly sounds, and ignored relevant visual information entirely.
Younger kids differed: 4yo's judged that an agent was present when they heard orderly sounds, and ignored relevant visual information entirely.
We find: Adults and 6yo children rationally infer the cause of musical sounds they hear. Exp1: They inferred the presence of a “hidden agent” from musical sounds’ timing. (When the timing required self-propelled movement to produce, they inferred the presence of a hidden agent, causing the sounds.)
July 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
We find: Adults and 6yo children rationally infer the cause of musical sounds they hear. Exp1: They inferred the presence of a “hidden agent” from musical sounds’ timing. (When the timing required self-propelled movement to produce, they inferred the presence of a hidden agent, causing the sounds.)
⭐ Out now in Developmental Science ⭐
"Sounds of Hidden Agents: The development of causal reasoning about musical sounds"
(by Minju Kim and me)
causal reasoning, music/auditory cognition, event reconstruction, kids' integration of information...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
"Sounds of Hidden Agents: The development of causal reasoning about musical sounds"
(by Minju Kim and me)
causal reasoning, music/auditory cognition, event reconstruction, kids' integration of information...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
July 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
⭐ Out now in Developmental Science ⭐
"Sounds of Hidden Agents: The development of causal reasoning about musical sounds"
(by Minju Kim and me)
causal reasoning, music/auditory cognition, event reconstruction, kids' integration of information...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
"Sounds of Hidden Agents: The development of causal reasoning about musical sounds"
(by Minju Kim and me)
causal reasoning, music/auditory cognition, event reconstruction, kids' integration of information...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
...and my wonderful students and trainees who make everything we do possible, and make doing science so much more meaningful and fun. @rtompkins.bsky.social @asmithflores.bsky.social @chaolanlin.bsky.social (+Minju Kim, Tanushree Agrawal, Madison Pesowski!)
I'm looking forward to this new decade!
I'm looking forward to this new decade!
March 27, 2024 at 3:39 AM
...and my wonderful students and trainees who make everything we do possible, and make doing science so much more meaningful and fun. @rtompkins.bsky.social @asmithflores.bsky.social @chaolanlin.bsky.social (+Minju Kim, Tanushree Agrawal, Madison Pesowski!)
I'm looking forward to this new decade!
I'm looking forward to this new decade!
Looking forward to CDS 2024! Come hear about: Kids’ perspective-taking over video chat (Chaolan Lin); hearing water temperature (Tanushree Agrawal); expectations about shared sleep arrangements (Rodney Tompkins); and social reasoning about placement of possessions (Rob Santiago)!
March 18, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Looking forward to CDS 2024! Come hear about: Kids’ perspective-taking over video chat (Chaolan Lin); hearing water temperature (Tanushree Agrawal); expectations about shared sleep arrangements (Rodney Tompkins); and social reasoning about placement of possessions (Rob Santiago)!