Our institute has over 300 employees. But that's just a number. Who are the people at our institute? What do they do and what drives them? In our format "This is us", colleagues answer questions about their work and their motivation. In this episode, we introduce you to Anna Thoma. She is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Adaptive Rationality and studies how children learn different decision-making strategies. For her work, she has been awarded the Otto Hahn Medal 2024. In the interview, she provides insight into her work and explains why children tend to find more unlikely solutions to problems than adults. Find out more about Anna and her research: https://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/other-highlights/this-is-us-anna-thoma