Abracadabra! This is new!

For 4 year olds who are located in the U.S. and speak English

Your child will play a learning game. They will be shown objects they may have never seen before, like a rare instrument. In the game a wizard transforms pictures of these instruments in a way that might make them difficult to recognize. For example, he may transform an instrument so it appears as an outline. Your child will see the transformed image flash very briefly, and they will be asked to say what they saw out loud. For instance, if they were just introduced to a wug, they may be asked a question such as “Did you just see a wug or a boff?” and they would have to say “wug.”

By the time children enter school, they have learned the names of many objects. We are trying to understand what kind of visual information children use to learn a new object category, like an object's shape or individual details. Your child’s ability to learn new items will help us understand what cues help children learn new object categories.

10 to 15 minutes

After you participate, we’ll email you a $5 Amazon gift card available for use at Amazon.com as a thank-you within two weeks. To be eligible, you must be located in the U.S., your child must be in the age range for the study, present during the study, and a valid consent statement is submitted. Your child may only participate in this study one time. We will send a gift card if you do not finish or if we are unable to use your responses.