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Addition and subtraction by human infants

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Addition and subtraction by human infants

Karen Wynn · 1992 · Nature

Children
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Where
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Ages
5 months
How
Researchers measured how long babies looked at puppet shows
What it found
Babies of 5 months looked longer when one puppet plus one more seemed to make one, as if they expected two.
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