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Direct linkShtulman, Andrew; Valcarcel, Joshua – Cognition, 2012
When students learn scientific theories that conflict with their earlier, naive theories, what happens to the earlier theories? Are they overwritten or merely suppressed? We investigated this question by devising and implementing a novel speeded-reasoning task. Adults with many years of science education verified two types of statements as quickly…
Descriptors: Thermodynamics, Physiology, Genetics, Cognitive Development
