Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140101410

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP140101410

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The developmental origins of tool innovation. Solving new problems by making new tools, or using old tools in new ways, is a hallmark of our species. Theoretical and experimental enquiry into children’s developing socio-cognitive abilities conflicts with recent research suggesting young children are poor tool innovators. This project will be the first to confidently disambiguate our knowledge about whether children are capable of tool innovation by systematically investigating their abilities using a new comprehensive battery of tasks, novel test conditions and the integration of data from industrialised and indigenous communities in Australia and Southern Africa. This research will provide the broadest insights yet into the development of a key feature of the human condition.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 31-12-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $256,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Psychology | Developmental Psychology and Ageing

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences |

Other Keywords

Developmental Psychology and Ageing | Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | Psychology

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