A lot of research suggests that social cognition involves representations of Welfare-Tradeoff Ratios (WTRs), an index of how much someone values someone else.
Here we find evidence for such representations in children, who make queries that are maximally informative about a partner's WTR.
New paper with @tadegquillien.bsky.social and Azzurra Ruggeri: "Children seek out observations that can reveal a partner's generosity". Out in @humbehevosoc.bsky.social EHB: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... š§µ
Humans face the adaptive challenge of assessing how much other people value them. Evidence suggests that the human mind is well-equipped for this taskā¦
