image: Examples of common-sense predictions based on pure reasoning. If the table in this scene is bumped so that one block falls off the table onto the floor, is it more likely to be a red or a yellow block? Intuitions will vary according to the number of blocks of each type (A), their arrangement into more- or less precarious stacks and their locations on the table (B), and interactions between all these factors (C and D). This image relates to an article that appeared in the May 27, 2011, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Erno Téglás of Central European University and the Hungarian Academy of Science in Budapest, Hungary, and colleagues was titled, "Pure Reasoning in 12-Month-Old Infants as Probabilistic Inference." view more
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