What children do in spite of what they know

T. G. Bever; J. Mehler; J. Epstein

doi:10.1126/science.162.3856.921

What children do in spite of what they know

T. G. Bever, J. Mehler, J. Epstein

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New studies support the hypothesis that young children have basic cognitive capacities but utilize them inefficiently; older children aid these capacities with generally valid cognitive heuristics which produce poor performance on critical problems.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	921-925
Number of pages	5
Journal	Science
Volume	162
Issue number	3856
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.162.3856.921
State	Published - 1968
Externally published	Yes

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