Abracadabra! What is this now?

For 5 year olds who are located in the U.S. and speak English

Your child will play a picture naming game. In the game a wizard transforms pictures of everyday objects in a way that might make them difficult to recognize. For example, he may transform a photo of a turtle so that it just shows the 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, in the turtle example, they may be asked “Did you just see a turtle or a rabbit?” and they would have to say “turtle.”

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 new object categories. Like whether they rely on an object's shape or individual details. Your child’s ability to label different pictures will help us understand what cues help children learn new 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.