Even small children distinguish between improbable and impossible

Even small children distinguish between improbable and impossible

A toddler in the test. © Will Kirk/Johns Hopkins University

Small children can already distinguish whether an event is impossible or just very unlikely. This is shown by a study based on an experiment. Children aged two to three were allowed to pull a toy from a chewing gum machine. However, some children received a toy that had obviously not been in the machine before

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