The Importance of Being Interpreted: Grounded Words and Children’s Relational Reasoning

Although young children typically have trouble reasoning relationally, they are aided by the presence of relational words (e.g., Gentner & Rattermann, 1991). They also reason well about commonly experienced event structures (e.g., Fivush, 1984). Relational words may benefit relational reaso...

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Main Authors: Ji Yun Son, Linda B Smith, Robert L Goldstone, Michelle eLeslie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00045/full