Let's see Elmo and Grover play with friends

For 4- to 5-year-olds

In this study, you and your child will watch a few short videos of Elmo and Grover learning about toys, reading stories, and talking with adults. Your child will then be asked to choose which adult was more attentive to Elmo and Grover.

We are interested in the extent to which young children track adults' attention. Here, we are especially interested in contexts where the child themselves is not the focus of the attention; rather, they are watching the adult interact with someone else.

20 minutes

You can only participate in this study once for compensation. After you finish the study, we will email you a $5 Amazon.com gift card within approximately five days. To be eligible for the gift card, (1) your child must be in the age range for this study, (2) your child speaks English, (3) you need to submit a valid consent statement, (4) we need to see that there is a child with you during the experiment, (5) one child can only participate in the study once for compensation, and (6) a child who has participated in the previous version of this study is not eligible for participating this study.