Counterfactual reasoning: From childhood to adulthood
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Highlights
► Counterfactual reasoning (CFR) develops gradually between 6 and 12 years. ► This development is not solely due to better executive functioning. ► CFR means creating the nearest possible world of a specific event. ► Children who fail lack an understanding of what to import from the specific event. ► They rather apply conditionals that express general regularities.
Keywords
Counterfactual reasoning
Basic conditional reasoning
Executive functioning
Childhood
Adulthood
Nearest possible world constraint
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