Archived Babies Can Think Logically before They Learn to Talk (scientificamerican.com)
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'Yet the new research suggests that perhaps it is not entirely necessary to shape the brain’s logical reasoning capacities. '
'He plans further work studying how preverbal logic might still differ from reasoning abilities that emerge once language comes along, as language may open additional reasoning abilities unavailable to the speechless brain. '
'A new study published today in Science, though, suggests our capacity to reason logically may not actually depend on language, at least not fully. '
'The findings show babies still too young to speak can reason and make rational deductions. '
'As part of their study, Cesana-Arlotti and his colleagues also reported infants’ pupils dilated when watching animations featuring illogical outcomes. '
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