Zihan Wang
zihanwang.bsky.social
Zihan Wang
@zihanwang.bsky.social
PhD @YalePsychology | alum @JHUCogSci @CoCoDevHarvard
comp cog sci * dev psych
3/ 🧩 Stability

In addition to this highly constrained building pattern, 4- to 8-year-old children use a layer-by-layer principle in their building. Such a systematic approach results in more stable and accurate structures.
July 5, 2024 at 5:21 PM
2/ 💡 Selectivity

To assemble even a simple 4-block structure, there are many possible states one can construct, leading to a large number of possible construction paths. However, 4- to 8-year-old children are highly selective in their building sequences.
July 5, 2024 at 5:20 PM
1/ 🧑‍💻 Coding

We developed novel analytic methods to capture the nuance in children's block building: each action they take and how the blocks are connected, laying out the entire construction path.
July 5, 2024 at 5:20 PM