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Contrary to the conclusions of Piaget, young children can make transitive inferences if precautions are taken to prevent deficits of memory from being confused with inferential deficits.
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BRYANT, P., TRABASSO, T. Transitive Inferences and Memory in Young Children. Nature 232, 456–458 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/232456a0
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