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Precursors of logical reasoning in preverbal human infants
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The infant as philosopher: Visual behaviors, such as a shift in one's gaze or a prolonged stare, can be diagnostic of internal thoughts. Cesana-Arlotti et al. used these measures to demonstrate that preverbal infants can formulate a logical structure called a disjunctive syllogism (see the Perspective by Halberda). That is, if A or B is true, and A is false, then B must be true. Presenting infants with scenes where the outcome revealed B to be false evoked looks of surprise. Science , this issue p. 1263 ; see also p. 1214
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- Cesana-Arlotti, N., Martín, A., Téglás, E., Vorobyova, L., Cetnarski, R., & Bonatti, L. L.
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- Published
- 2018-03-16
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- 359
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- 6381
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- 1263-1266
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- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
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- W2790408074
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- 285
- References
- 27
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- H2020 European Research Council (639840)
- Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (PSI2016-75910-P)
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