Learning by watching, toddlers show intuitive understanding of probability
Monday, August 25, 2014 - 15:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Most people know children learn many skills simply by watching people around them. Without explicit instructions youngsters know to do things like press a button to operate the television and twist a knob to open a door. Now researchers have taken this further, finding that children as young as age 2 intuitively use mathematical concepts such as probability to help make sense of the world around them.