How Red Apples Mark a Cognitive Leap Forward

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Alternating between object attributes is no simple task. Kids and adults succeed by using different cognitive strategies.
Alternating between object attributes is no simple task. Kids and adults succeed by using different cognitive strategies.

Children aged about four suddenly become capable of recognising that an object can be described differently depending on how it is viewed. This apparently simple skill requires cognitive changes that are not far enough advanced until then.


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