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Children understand far more about other minds than long believed

  • Written by Henrike Moll, Assistant Professor in Developmental Psychology, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageDon't underestimate what I get about the world around me.Baby image via www.shutterstock.com.

Until a few decades ago, scholars believed that young children know very little, if anything, about what others are thinking. Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget, who is credited with founding the scientific study of children’s thinking, was convinced...

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