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Direct linkDeLoache, Judy S.; Sharon, Tanya – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2005
Surface similarity generally promotes reasoning by analogy and physical similarity has been shown to have a powerful positive effect on very young children's use of a scale model as a source of information about another space. The research reported here investigated 2 1/2-year-old children's performance in an object retrieval task when asked to…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Inferences, Cognitive Development, Logical Thinking
