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Helping and Cooperation at 14 Months of Age

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Helping and Cooperation at 14 Months of Age

Felix Warneken, Michael Tomasello · 2007 · Infancy

Children
About 24 babies
Where
Germany
Ages
14 months
How
Researchers tested babies in a lab
What it found
18 of 24 babies aged 14 months helped an adult at least once, usually by handing over something out of reach, within about 7 seconds.
Limits
A small group; they helped with simple reaching problems, not harder ones.

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