Method
Participants
Experiment 2 was carried out with 16 kindergartners (mean age = 5 years 11 months, range =
5 years 2 months to 6 years 9 months), 16 first-graders (mean age = 7 years 5 months, range = 6 years
11 months to 8 years 2 months), 16 third-graders (mean age = 9 years 2 months, range = 8 years
7 months to 9 years 10 months), and 16 adults (mean age = 29 years 0 months, range = 19 years
10 months to 38 years 9 months). Each age group consisted of 8 females and 8 males. In the following,
the age groups are referred to as 5-, 7-, and 9-year-olds and adults. Children were recruited from different
kindergartens and primary schools in the region of Zurich. Informed parental consent was obtained
for all children. Most adult participants were students at the University of Zurich.