Final talk at #CogDev2023. @penelopebounia from @BirkbeckBabylab presents a mouse-tracking study investigating how curiosity affects goal-directed action in 3 different age-groups. Children’s preferences for new & unpredictable stimuli can be reflected in their movements.

@wendyamross from @LondonMetUni demonstrates recent use of eye-tracking as a qualitative instrument, & argues that approaches to cognition which emphasise the role of the environment need to integrate qualitative & ethnographic methods with traditional experiments. #CogDev2023

Thank you Eva Reindl from @durham_uni for a super interesting talk on a work-in-progress investigating the role of causal information for sequence discrimination learning in 3-11 year-olds. #CogDev2023

Final set of talks here at #cogdev2023. First up is @LouLiv1 from @ucl and @IOE_London examining the links between executive function, motor skills, self-regulation and academic success in in a longitudinal study of 3-4 year-olds, and the influence of educational environment.

Day 3 at #CogDev2023. Fascinating first talk by Josie Briscoe from @BristolUni. Mouse-tracking was used in a picture-matching task to tap into semantic control in young adults. SC was observed, as previously with words, and plays a role in co-ordination of meaningful speech.

Next today at #cogdev2023, @harrietsmith15 from @PsychologyNTU discusses whether different warning strengths of consequences of misidentification can reduce voice ID errors in serial & sequential parades. VI is error-prone so important implications for ‘earwitness’ testimony.