Julia M. Smith
@julia-m-smith.bsky.social
Social psychologist studying morality and the self.
Postdoc in the Mind and Culture Lab @dukemaclab.bsky.social at Duke University.
Postdoc in the Mind and Culture Lab @dukemaclab.bsky.social at Duke University.
Check out our paper, now out in Developmental Science! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
No Developmental Differences in Preferences for Epistemic Versus Physical Uncertainty Across Three Diverse Cultures
We regularly make decisions under uncertainty, but the same decision can feel different when made under physical uncertainty, where a decision maker must guess at an outcome that has not yet occurre...
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October 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Check out our paper, now out in Developmental Science! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
We also find that the preference for epistemic (roll first, guess after) uncertainty is stable even among participants who had never seen dice, suggesting that the preference is not specific to this particular cultural artifact. 🎲
October 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
We also find that the preference for epistemic (roll first, guess after) uncertainty is stable even among participants who had never seen dice, suggesting that the preference is not specific to this particular cultural artifact. 🎲
Importantly, although past work has suggested that adults prefer the opposite (guessing first), we find no reversal of this trend with age. This suggests that adults' uncertainty preferences may be more dependent on context than previously believed.
October 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Importantly, although past work has suggested that adults prefer the opposite (guessing first), we find no reversal of this trend with age. This suggests that adults' uncertainty preferences may be more dependent on context than previously believed.
In our new paper Hadi Mohamadpour, @janengelmann.bsky.social, Helen Elizabeth Davis, Justine Krieger, Bettina Grø Sorensen, @jeremykoster.bsky.social, Soomaayeh Heysieattalab, @dorsaamir.bsky.social & I show that kids in three diverse cultures prefer to guess after a die is thrown.
October 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
In our new paper Hadi Mohamadpour, @janengelmann.bsky.social, Helen Elizabeth Davis, Justine Krieger, Bettina Grø Sorensen, @jeremykoster.bsky.social, Soomaayeh Heysieattalab, @dorsaamir.bsky.social & I show that kids in three diverse cultures prefer to guess after a die is thrown.