Preverbal infants expect agents exhibiting counterintuitive capacities to gain access to contested resources

Claims to supernatural power have been used as a basis for authority in a wide range of societies, but little is known about developmental origins of the link between supernatural power and worldly authority. Here, we show that 12- to 16-month-old infants expect agents exhibiting counterintuitive ca...

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Main Authors: Meng, X, Nakawake, Y, Burdett, E, Jong, J, Whitehouse, H
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2021