Star Machines

For 5- to 10-year-olds

This study will take place on a Zoom video call, live with a researcher! Clicking on the “Participate Now!” button will send you to an online calendar where you can select a date and time that works for you. During the study, your child will take the role of an elf working at a star factory. They will be introduced to machines that make different stars, and will be asked to solve different problems using the machines.

This study investigates children's ability to learn and explore different causal structures: when actions cause certain outcomes, and when they are not, and how to apply causal actions to generate new and diverse outcomes. We are interested in which actions children take when they explore and attend to different situations they have not seen before.

20 minutes

Participants will receive a $5 gift card redeemable on Amazon.com after the study! Only one gift card will be rewarded per participant. The child participant must belong to the suitable age range of the study and must be visible in the entire experiment.