A Developmental Embodied Choice Perspective Explains the Development of Numerical Choices.

Area of Science:

• Cognitive Science
• Developmental Psychology
• Embodied Cognition

Background:

• Traditional decision-making models often overlook the body's role.
• Bounded rationality acknowledges cognitive limitations but needs a more dynamic framework.
• Developmental changes in the body can influence cognitive processes.

Purpose of the Study:

• To propose a developmental embodied choice perspective.
• To integrate embodiment and bounded rationality from a developmental viewpoint.
• To demonstrate the body's influence on abstract numerical choices.

Main Methods:

• Conceptual framework development.
• Integration of embodiment and bounded rationality.
• Analysis of the magnitude-judgment task.

Main Results:

• The body provides evolving cues crucial for abstract decision-making.
• Embodied cues are particularly relevant in numerical tasks where the body isn't strictly necessary.
• This perspective explains developmental changes in numerical choices.

Conclusions:

• An embodied view offers a novel understanding of decision-making processes.
• Developmental changes in bodily cues shape abstract choice capabilities.
• Embodied choices are fundamental to understanding numerical cognition development.