Psychologie Cognitive Expérimentale

Stanislas DehaeneCollège de France - Année 2023-2024Chaire de Psychologie Cognitive ExpérimentaleQuel code neural pour les représentations mentales ?Séminaire - Lisa Feigenson : How do Infants Learn? The Role of Surprise, Curiosity, and Active ExperimentationLisa FeigensonJohns Hopkins University, New YorkComment les bébés apprennent-ils ? Le rôle de la surprise, de la curiosité et de l'expérimentation activeRésuméThe origins of our minds are an enduring puzzle-- what parts of what we know require learning, and what emerges in the absence of specific experience? Questions about how nature and nurture contribute to human knowledge have been productive in driving contemporary research in psychology, linguistics, and neuroscience. Yet, these questions also have been controversial, with some arguing that it is no longer useful to consider development in terms of nature and nurture. Here I revisit classic ideas in this theme, and provide new evidence. First I argue that people, including children and scientists, n