Early understandings of the link between agents and order

• DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0914056107
• Publication Date: 2010-09-21T04:37:18Z
• Authors: George E. Newman; Frank C. Keil; Valerie A. Kuhlmeier; Karen Wynn
• Keywords: Orderliness; Reversing; Link (geometry)

The world around us presents two fundamentally different forms of patterns: those that appear random and ordered. As adults we appreciate these types patterns tend to arise from very sorts causal processes. Typically, expect that, whereas agents can increase the orderliness a system, inanimate objects cause only increased disorder. Thus, one major division in entities is between are capable “reversing local entropy” not. In present studies find sensitivity unique link order emerges quite early development. Results three experiments suggest by 12 mo age infants associate with creation Such expectations be robust into children's preschool years hypothesized result more general understanding causally intervene on ways objects.