Is core knowledge a natural subdivision of infant cognition?

Caroline M. Kaicher; Julia J. Conti; Abhishek M. Dedhe; Lauren S. Aulet; Jessica F. Cantlon

doi:10.1017/S0140525X23003229

Is core knowledge a natural subdivision of infant cognition?

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 June 2024

Lauren S. Aulet and

Caroline M. Kaicher*: Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA ckaicher@andrew.cmu.edu; jjconti@andrew.cmu.edu; adedhe@andrew.cmu.edu; laulet@andrew.cmu.edu; jcantlon@andrew.cmu.edu https://www.cmu.edu/dietrich/psychology/kidneurolab/
Julia J. Conti: Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA ckaicher@andrew.cmu.edu; jjconti@andrew.cmu.edu; adedhe@andrew.cmu.edu; laulet@andrew.cmu.edu; jcantlon@andrew.cmu.edu https://www.cmu.edu/dietrich/psychology/kidneurolab/
Abhishek M. Dedhe: Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA ckaicher@andrew.cmu.edu; jjconti@andrew.cmu.edu; adedhe@andrew.cmu.edu; laulet@andrew.cmu.edu; jcantlon@andrew.cmu.edu https://www.cmu.edu/dietrich/psychology/kidneurolab/
Lauren S. Aulet: Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA ckaicher@andrew.cmu.edu; jjconti@andrew.cmu.edu; adedhe@andrew.cmu.edu; laulet@andrew.cmu.edu; jcantlon@andrew.cmu.edu https://www.cmu.edu/dietrich/psychology/kidneurolab/
Jessica F. Cantlon: Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA ckaicher@andrew.cmu.edu; jjconti@andrew.cmu.edu; adedhe@andrew.cmu.edu; laulet@andrew.cmu.edu; jcantlon@andrew.cmu.edu https://www.cmu.edu/dietrich/psychology/kidneurolab/
*: *Corresponding author.

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We examine Spelke's core knowledge taxonomy and test its boundaries. We ask whether Spelke's core knowledge is a distinct type of cognition in the sense that the cognitive processes it includes and excludes are biologically and mechanically coherent.

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Information: Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 47 , 2024 , e133

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