Researchers at Kyushu University designed animations to examine how children and adults use recency and rarity to interpret ambiguous information. (IMAGE)

Kyushu University

Researchers at Kyushu University designed animations to examine how children and adults use recency and rarity to interpret ambiguous information.

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In the animations, nine monsters appeared one by one from left to right, with one behaving differently. At the end, participants heard “Did you see that?” and were asked to choose the event(s) they thought it meant.

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Kyushu University

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