2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2016.05.012
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The emergence of reasoning by the disjunctive syllogism in early childhood

Abstract: Logical inference is often seen as an exclusively human and language-dependent ability, but several nonhuman animal species search in a manner that is consistent with a deductive inference, the disjunctive syllogism: when a reward is hidden in one of two cups, and one cup is shown to be empty, they will search for the reward in the other cup. In Experiment 1, we extended these results to toddlers, finding that 23-month-olds consistently approached the non-empty location. However, these results could reflect no… Show more

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“…We do not, as a considerable amount of research has indicated in the last 30 years. However, we can be quickly educated in a way as to believe them quickly (Mody and Carey 2016). But without being exposed to learning logic in a cultural setting, no beliefs in logical objects occur.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We do not, as a considerable amount of research has indicated in the last 30 years. However, we can be quickly educated in a way as to believe them quickly (Mody and Carey 2016). But without being exposed to learning logic in a cultural setting, no beliefs in logical objects occur.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Making causal inferences on the basis of a false or negative premise first appear in the context of pretend play around the age of 2 (Kavanaugh & Harris, ), and children can reason deductively about false premises (e.g., all sheep are purple) around the age of 3 (Dias & Harris, ). Nevertheless, the ability to consider multiple alternatives based on negative premises is cognitively demanding and develops over the preschool years (Grigoroglou, Chan, & Ganea, ; Mody & Carey, ).…”
Section: A Framework For the Development Of Counterfactual Reasoningmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A more general version of our concern is that the authors do not articulate the null hypothesis -and its predictions -against which their proposal should be evaluated. A clean test of the syllogistic reasoning account requires developing clear predictions from the leaner accounts and a method that rules out these leaner reasoning processes ( 5 ). While Cesana-Arlotti et al's work develops new and promising measures, their work also illustrates some of the perils that come with richer, more sophisticated methods: because of the proliferation of possible analyses, it is critical to pre-register specific predictions of different accounts to avoid false positives ( 6 ).…”
Section: Main Textmentioning
confidence: 99%