Preschoolers use statistics to understand others
Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 11:28
in Psychology & Sociology
Children are natural psychologists. By the time they're in preschool, they understand that other people have desires, preferences, beliefs and emotions. But how they learn this isn't clear. A new study finds that children figure out another person's preferences by using a topic you'd think they don't encounter until college: statistics.