Sociology of economics, part 2

The article cited here (“Young children aged between two and four years believe that you only have to hide your head to become invisible – if your legs are on view, it doesn’t matter, you still can’t be seen”) is cool (and so unsurprising that I’m a bit surprised that it’s news), and it’s certainly psychology, but why is it characterized as “behavioral economics”? It seems cognitive (not behavioral), and I don’t see the connection to economics at all!

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  1. Maybe because it's exploring the emergence of the cognitive abilities (ability to put oneself in another's head, for instance) that underlie the behaviors studied in behavioral economics? Seems a stretch, I agree, but that's my guess.

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