Language supports the emergence of abstract relational reasoning in early childhood

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<p>Young children demonstrate sensitivity to abstract relations such as same and different, yet they typically fail analogical reasoning tasks such as the Relational Match-to-Sample (RMTS) until four to five years of age. We investigate whether this developmental discontinuity reflects general task demands or a qualitative change in the representational format of thought. Specifically, we contrast accounts accordi...

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68774529-593d-599a-9a63-e0b897975bd2

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10.31234/osf.io/nks2m_v1