The wubs play telephone

For 4- to 9-year-old children, who speak English

In this study, your child will be introduced to creatures called wubs. The wubs like to play games of telephone where each wub whispers information to the next wub in a big line (as seen in the study picture). We will ask your child what they think each wub in the line knows.

We are interested in how children think about information transmission. Do they understand that people don't always understand or remember what people tell them? And if they do, do children think these errors accumulate over time as people communicate over and over again? This kind of reasoning is an important part of how we evaluate information as adults, and it may serve a similar purpose from earlier in development, enabling children to be more discerning consumers of information.

10 minutes

Within about a week, you will receive a $5 amazon gift code (Amazon.com) by email once we verify your consent video, that your child is in the correct age range. To be valid, consent videos need to show the caregiver of the child who is participating. Your child should be visible during the study. Only one gift card per child is available.