Alex Rett

Hi, I’m Alex!

I use mixed methods (quantitative and qualitative) to explore how people learn and act in the world around them.

I completed my PhD in Experimental Psychology at UC San Diego.

Skills: R; R Markdown; SQL; Statistical Analysis; Usability Testing, A/B testing, Survey Development, Focus Groups, 1:1 Interviews

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Can children recognize causal systems?

Does physical design influence the ideas people generate?

Designing interactive games for young children

Publications

Rett, A., Amemiya, J., Hwang, B., Goldwater, M., & Walker, C.M. (2024). Children’s Recognition of Causal System Categories Across Superficially Distinct Events. Developmental Psychology

Rett, A., & White, K. S. (2022). Children treat grammatical errors differently for native and non-native speakers. Frontiers in Psychology, 13.

Rett, A., Amemiya, J., Goldwater, M., & Walker, C.M. (2021). Children’s Use of Causal Structure When Making Similarity Judgments. Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. (Virtual Meeting) Vienna, Austria: Cognitive Science Society.

Rett, A. & Walker, C. M. (2020). Knowing when to quit: Children consider access to solutions when deciding whether to persist. Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. (Virtual Meeting) Toronto, CA: Cognitive Science Society.

Walker, C.M., Rett, A., Bonawitz, E. (2020). Design Drives Discovery in Causal Learning. Psychological Science. 31(2), 129-138.

Rett., A., Bonawitz, E., & Walker, C. M. (2019). The Design of the Learning Environment Shapes Preschoolers’ Causal Inference. In A. Goel, C. Seifert, & C. Freska (Eds.), Proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Montreal, CA: Cognitive Science Society.