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The Early Independent Problem Solving Survey (EIPSS): Its psychometric properties in children aged 12–47 months (2023)
Journal Article
Hoicka, E., Powell, S., Rose, S. E., Reindl, E., & Tennie, C. (2023). The Early Independent Problem Solving Survey (EIPSS): Its psychometric properties in children aged 12–47 months. Cognitive Development, 68, Article 101366. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2023.101366

Independent problem solving (IPS) involves solving problems alone; with motivation and persistence; without watching others; or requesting or receiving help. The Early Independent Problem Solving Survey (EIPSS) was developed for 12- to 47-month-olds.... Read More about The Early Independent Problem Solving Survey (EIPSS): Its psychometric properties in children aged 12–47 months.

The shifting shelf task: a new, non-verbal measure for attentional set shifting (2023)
Journal Article
Reindl, E., Völter, C., Civelek, Z., Duncan, L., Lugosi, Z., Felsche, E., …Seed, A. (2023). The shifting shelf task: a new, non-verbal measure for attentional set shifting. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 290(1991), Article 0221496. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1496

Attentional set shifting is a core ingredient of cognition, allowing for fast adaptation to changes in the environment. How this skill compares between humans and other primates is not well known. We examined performance of 3- to 5-year-old children... Read More about The shifting shelf task: a new, non-verbal measure for attentional set shifting.

Exploring the development of attentional set shifting in young children with a novel Intradimensional/Extradimensional shift task (2022)
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Reindl, E., Völter, C. J., Campbell-May, J., Call, J., & Seed, A. M. (2022). Exploring the development of attentional set shifting in young children with a novel Intradimensional/Extradimensional shift task. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 221(105428), Article 105428. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105428

Attentional set shifting is a core part of cognition, allowing quick and flexible adaption to new demands. The study of its development during early childhood has been hampered by a shortage of measures not requiring language. This article argues for... Read More about Exploring the development of attentional set shifting in young children with a novel Intradimensional/Extradimensional shift task.

The structure of executive functions in preschool children and chimpanzees (2022)
Journal Article
Völter, C. J., Reindl, E., Felsche, E., Civelek, Z., Whalen, A., Lugosi, Z., …Seed, A. M. (2022). The structure of executive functions in preschool children and chimpanzees. Scientific Reports, 12(1), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-08406-7

Executive functions (EF) are a core aspect of cognition. Research with adult humans has produced evidence for unity and diversity in the structure of EF. Studies with preschoolers favour a 1-factor model, in which variation in EF tasks is best explai... Read More about The structure of executive functions in preschool children and chimpanzees.

Young children spontaneously invent three different types of associative tool use behaviour (2022)
Journal Article
Reindl, E., Tennie, C., Apperly, I., Lugosi, Z., & Beck, S. (2022). Young children spontaneously invent three different types of associative tool use behaviour. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 4, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2022.4

Associative Tool Use (ATU) describes the use of two or more tools in combination, with the literature further differentiating between Tool set use, Tool composite use, Sequential tool use and Secondary tool use. Research investigating the cognitive p... Read More about Young children spontaneously invent three different types of associative tool use behaviour.

Skills and motivations underlying children's cumulative cultural learning: case not closed (2020)
Journal Article
Reindl, E., Gwillians, A., Dean, L., Kendal, R., & Tennie, C. (2020). Skills and motivations underlying children's cumulative cultural learning: case not closed. Palgrave communications, 6, Article 106. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-020-0483-7

The breakthrough study of Dean et al. (Science 335:1114–1118, 2012) claimed that imitation, teaching, and prosociality were crucial for cumulative cultural learning. None of their child participants solved the final stage of their puzzlebox without s... Read More about Skills and motivations underlying children's cumulative cultural learning: case not closed.