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Cognitive Development – The origins of abstract concepts

Name: Cognitive Development – The origins of abstract concepts
Uploaded: 2016-01-28
Duration: 17 min 41 s
Description: Professor Susan Hespos describes her research into the abstract reasoning skills and cognitive development of infants. Her team performed experiments to determine whether babies tell the difference between matching and nonmatching pairs of toys. They concluded that babies do have the capacity to do this, but that it could be disrupted by object focus.

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  Hespos, S. (Academic). (2016). Cognitive development – the origins of abstract concepts [Video]. SAGE Knowledge. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781473973251
  
  Hespos, Susan. "Cognitive Development – The origins of abstract concepts." In SAGE Video. : SAGE Publications, Ltd., 2016. Video, 00:17:41. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781473973251.
  
  Hespos, S., 2016. Cognitive Development – The origins of abstract concepts, SAGE Video. [Streaming Video] London: SAGE Publications Ltd. Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781473973251 & gt; [Accessed 27 Jan 2022].
  
  Hespos, Susan. Cognitive Development – The origins of abstract concepts. Online video clip. SAGE Video. London: SAGE Publications, Ltd., 28 Jan 2016. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781473973251. 27 Jan 2022.
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Professor Susan Hespos describes her research into the abstract reasoning skills and cognitive development of infants. Her team performed experiments to determine whether babies tell the difference between matching and nonmatching pairs of toys. They concluded that babies do have the capacity to do this, but that it could be disrupted by object focus.