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