Rule-based category use in preschool children.

We report two experiments suggesting that development of rule use in children can be predicted by applying metrics of complexity from studies of rule-based category learning in adults. In Experiment 1, 124 3- to 5-year-olds completed three new rule-use tasks. The tasks featured similar instructions...

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Published in:	Journal of Experimental Child Psychology Vol. 131; pp. 1 - 19
Main Authors:	Mathy, Fabien, Friedman, Ori, Courenq, Brigitte, Laurent, Lucie, Millot, Jean-Louis
Format:	Article
Published:	Academic Press Inc. Mar2015
Subjects:	Psychology of preschool children Learning ability Developmental psychology Child psychology Level of difficulty Biocomplexity
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