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Legare, Cristine H.; Gelman, Susan A. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2014
Despite the well-established literature on explanation in early childhood, little is known about what constrains children's explanations. State change and negative outcomes were examined as potential explanatory biases in the domain of naïve biology, extending upon previous work in the domain of naïve physics. In two studies, preschool children…
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