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infant arithmetic: a standalone construct

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the finding that young infants look longer at impossible outcomes of adding or removing objects behind a screen, suggesting they compute small numerical results.

In cognitive development, infant arithmetic refers to the finding that young infants look longer at impossible outcomes of adding or removing objects behind a screen, suggesting they compute small numerical results. This meaning comes from Wynn (1992) in Nature.[1]

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Wynn, K. (1992). Addition and subtraction by human infants. Nature, 358(6389), 749-750. https://doi.org/10.1038/358749a0

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