The cognitive mechanisms underlying selective learning in early childhood

年幼的孩子经常接触到关于他们周围世界的新信息。尽管他们以容易上当而闻名，但研究表明，即使在他们生命的头几年，年幼的孩子也可以评估信息来源，并有选择地更喜欢从某些来源学习，而不是其他来源。这可以被认为是批判性思维的一种非常早期的形式。目前研究的目的是探索选择性学习能力的认知机制，主要是在儿童早期，但也包括整个发展过程。

Young children are constantly exposed to new information about the world around them. Though they have a reputation to be gullible, research has demonstrated that even in the first few years of their lives young children can evaluate sources of information and selectively prefer to learn from some sources rather than others. This may be considered a very early form of critical thinking. The purpose of the current research is to explore the cognitive mechanisms underlying selective learning abilities, primarily in early childhood but also throughout development.