This page contains the demo for each task used in the study, and the link to the original paper.
Code, analyses, and data for this project can be found here.
The preprint of the paper can be found here.
The source code for this webpage is adapted from the online experiment library developed by Molly Lewis.
| Task (click to try) | Citation (click to read) | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ambiguous Relational Match-To-Sample (cRMTS) | Carstensen et al., (2019) | Infer whether an object or relation is causally relevant |
| Picture Free Description | Imada, Carlson, & Itakura (2013) | Describe pictures from memory after a brief study period |
| Ebbinghaus Illusion | Imada, Carlson, & Itakura (2013) | Judge the size of circles in a context designed to bias size judgements |
| Horizon Collage | Senzaki, Masuda, & Nand (2014) | Make an image by dragging and dropping stickers onto a display |
| Symbolic Self-Inflation (Family) | Kitayama et al., (2009) | Draw self and family members as circles |
| Uniqueness Preference | Kim & Markus (1999) | Choose a sticker from five stickers, four of which are the same color |
| Child Causal Attribution | Seiver, Gopnik, & Goodman (2013) | Watch short vignetes and explain the decisions of the characters |
| Raven's Progressive Matrices | Su (2020) | Use analogical reasoning to complete visually-presented patterns |
| Change Detection | Masuda & Nisbett (2006) | Find differences in the foreground or background of two images |
| Symbolic Self-Inflation (Friends) | Kitayama et al., (2009) | Draw a sociogram with self and friends as nodes, relationships as edges |
| Adult Causal Attribution | Morris & Peng (2009) | Read a crime story and explain the criminal's motivations |
| Taxonomic-Thematic Similarity | Ji, Zhang, & Nisbett (2004) | Match item based on taxonomic or thematic similarity (e.g. cow: chicken / grass) |
| Semantic Intuition | Li, Liu, Chalmers, & Snedeker (2018) | Decide whether a story refers to a named character (whose actions are mischaracterized) or the person who performed the actions (but had a different name) |