A cross-cultural investigation of young children's spontaneous invention of tool use behaviours

Through the mechanisms of observation, imitation and teaching, young children readily pick up the tool using behaviours of their culture. However, little is known about the baseline abilities of children's tool use: what they might be capable of inventing on their own in the absence of socially...

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Main Authors: Karri Neldner, Eva Reindl, Claudio Tennie, Julie Grant, Keyan Tomaselli, Mark Nielsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2020-05-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.192240