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Published on: April 19, 2017
Is core knowledge a natural subdivision of infant cognition?
Caroline M Kaicher1, Julia J Conti1, Abhishek M Dedhe1
1Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA ckaicher@andrew.cmu.edu; jjconti@andrew.cmu.edu; adedhe@andrew.cmu.edu; laulet@andrew.cmu.edu; jcantlon@andrew.cmu.edu https://www.cmu.edu/dietrich/psychology/kidneurolab/.
Abstract:
We examine Spelke's core knowledge taxonomy and test its boundaries. We ask whether Spelke's core knowledge is a distinct type of cognition in the sense that the cognitive processes it includes and excludes are biologically and mechanically coherent.
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