Why wearing a yellow hat is impossible: Chinese and U.S. children's possibility judgments

2024/07/24 by Jenny Nissel, Jiaying Xu, Lihanjing Wu +5 · 1 voice
Neuroscience · Psychology · #Child and Animal Learning Development #Cultural Differences and Values #Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment

paper · doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2024.105856

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