?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=When+9-month-olds+go+'wow'+and+'yuk'%3A+Understanding+other+people's+desires&rft.creator=Uller%2C+Claudia&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.subject=Behavioral+Analysis&rft.description=Young+children+perform+well+on+a+wide+range+of+tasks+involving+the+attribution+of+goals%2Fdesires.+For+instance%2C+two-+and+three-year+old+children+are+told+that+a+boy+wants+to+find+his+rabbit%2C+which+is+in+one+of+two+locations.+If+the+puppet+fails+to+find+the+rabbit+in+the+first+location%2C+children+predict+that+he+will+look+in+the+second+location%3B+if+the+puppet+finds+the+rabbit+in+the+first+location%2C+however%2C+children+predict+that+he+will+not+look+in+the+second+location+(Wellman+and+Woolley+1990).%0AAlthough+there+is+plenty+of+evidence+that+children+can+reason+about+other+people%E2%80%99s+desires%2C+the+origins+of+this+ability+is+still+very+much+unknown.+In+one+study%2C+Repacholi+and+Gopnik+(1997)+studied+18-month+old+children+in+a+food-request+procedure+in+which+they+asked+whether+the+children+could+correctly+understand+people%E2%80%99s+desires+by+predicting+specific+reactions+to+desired%2Fundesired+objects.+The+children+saw+the+experimenter+express+disgust+as+she+tasted+one+kind+of+food%2C+and+happiness+as+she+tasted+a+different+kind+of+food.+They+were+then+asked+to+give+the+experimenter+some+food.+The+children+correctly+gave+her+the+food+towards+which+she+had+expressed+positive+affect.+This+led+researchers+to+conclude+that+the+children+not+only+inferred+that+another+person+held+a+desire%2C+but+they+also+recognized+how+desires+relate+to+emotions.%0AMore+recently%2C+researchers+have+looked+at+the+origins+of+other+people%E2%80%99s+mental+states+in+even+younger+infants+using+visual+attention+measures.+For+instance%2C+Woodward+(1998)+has+presented+results+that+indicate+that+12-month-old+infants+detect+goals.+The+origins+of+subjective+desire%2C+however%2C+is+still+an+open+question.%0AHere+we+proposed+to+start+addressing+the+issue+of+subjective+desire+in+young+infants.+In+this+task%2C+thirty-two+10-+and+11-month-old+infants+are+familiarized+with+two+scenarios.+In+(1)%2C+infants+see+the+experimenter+express+disgust+towards+cracker%2Fbroccoli+(%E2%80%98yuk%E2%80%99)%2C+and+in+(2)%2C+infants+see+the+experimenter+express+happiness+towards+broccoli%2Fcracker+(%E2%80%98wow%E2%80%99).+After+the+familiarization+phase%2C+the+infants+are+then+tested+in+one+of+two+outcomes%2C+the+experimenter+has+a+neutral+expression+and+either+grabs+the+broccoli%2C+or+the+cracker.++Parental+reports+on+infants%E2%80%99+preferences+are+obtained+to+check+their+behavior+against+their+performance+in+the+task.+If+the+infants+have+a+psychological+understanding+of+subjective+desire%2C+then+they+will+expect+the+experimenter+to+grab+the+food+towards+which+she+expressed+positive+affect%3B+if%2C+on+the+other+hand%2C+the+infants+only+have+a+behavioral+understanding+of+desire%2C+then+they+will+be+unable+to+determine+the+object+of+the+experimenter%E2%80%99s+desire+because+no+specific+cues+are+provided+in+the+test+phase.+They+will+tend+to+respond+egocentrically%2C+and+give+the+experimenter+what+they+themselves+like.%0APreliminary+results+reveal+that+10-+and+11-month-old+infants+will+look+longer+when+the+experimenter+grabs+the+object+towards+which+she+expressed+disgust.+Data+collection+continues.+Further+steps+towards+the+characterization+of+such+ability+are+discussed.&rft.publisher=Lund+University+Cognitive+Studies&rft.contributor=Prince%2C+Christopher+G.&rft.contributor=Demiris%2C+Yiannis&rft.contributor=Marom%2C+Yuval&rft.contributor=Kozima%2C+Hideki&rft.contributor=Balkenius%2C+Christian&rft.date=2002&rft.type=Conference+Poster&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2526%2F1%2FUller1.pdf&rft.identifier=++Uller%2C+Claudia++(2002)+When+9-month-olds+go+'wow'+and+'yuk'%3A+Understanding+other+people's+desires.++%5BConference+Poster%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2526%2F