Category structure affects the developmental trajectory of children’s inductive inferences for both natural kinds and artifacts

Inductive reasoning is fundamental to human cognition, yet it remains unclear how we develop this ability and what might influence our inductive choices. We created novel categories in which crucial factors such as domain and category structure were manipulated orthogonally. We trained 403 4- to 9-y...

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Main Authors: Badger, J, Shapiro, L
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Routledge 2014