Precursors of logical reasoning in preverbal human infants

Author:

Cesana-Arlotti Nicoló12ORCID,Martín Ana1ORCID,Téglás Ernő2,Vorobyova Liza12,Cetnarski Ryszard13,Bonatti Luca L.14ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Center for Brain and Cognition, Ramon Trias Fargas, 25-27, 08005 Barcelona, Spain.

2. Cognitive Development Centre, Central European University, H-1015 Budapest, Hungary.

3. Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Ludwika Pasteura 3, 02-093 Warszawa, Poland.

4. ICREA (Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies), Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain.

Abstract

The infant as philosopher Visual behaviors, such as a shift in one's gaze or a prolonged stare, can be diagnostic of internal thoughts. Cesana-Arlotti et al. used these measures to demonstrate that preverbal infants can formulate a logical structure called a disjunctive syllogism (see the Perspective by Halberda). That is, if A or B is true, and A is false, then B must be true. Presenting infants with scenes where the outcome revealed B to be false evoked looks of surprise. Science , this issue p. 1263 ; see also p. 1214

Funder

H2020 European Research Council

Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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