Babies and... efficiency!

I'd hoped today to finish reading the 18 articles for my class paper, but I've only finished four at this point... R. wanted to watch TV, so we saw some Doctor Who, an episode of Sarah Jane Adventures, and then Enchanted. I do think I'm finding some really interesting things in the articles.

For example - at some point between six and nine months of age, babies acquire a sense of efficiency! If they believe someone is trying to attain a goal, they expect that person or thing to do it efficiently - that is, in the most direct route or without extra steps. And if they see something behaving efficiently, then they anticipate that it's trying to reach a goal.

I am fascinated by the idea of efficiency, so it's amazing to learn how early it can show up in human thought.

(Yay, too, it was sunny and very temperate today, so I got to read outside.)