Watch and Think with Elmo and Grover!

For 4- to 5-year-olds

In this study, you and your child will watch two short videos of Elmo and Grover meeting friends. In each video, the puppet tells a story to a person. Sometimes the person is paying attention, and sometimes they get distracted. While watching, your child will be asked a few simple questions about what the people in the videos might be thinking about.

We are interested in how children figure out what other people are thinking about. Prior research shows that children can use where someone is looking to figure out what they know. In this study, we are exploring whether children also use where someone is looking to guess what they are thinking about.

10 minutes

You can only participate in this study once for compensation. If you are eligible for compensation, 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 must be fluent in English, (3) you need to submit a valid consent statement, and (4) we need to see that there is a child with you during the experiment.