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The role of language in forming the concepts same and different

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Apoorva Shivaram *
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Ruxue Shao
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Susan J. Hespos
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Dedre Gentner
DOI:10.1016/j.cognition.2026.106568delete
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Abstract

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• Four-year-old children succeeded on the RMTS task without training or feedback. • They performed equally well on same-only, different-only, and full RMTS trials. • Children who used relational language to justify choices tended to perform better on the RMTS task. • Command of the relational concepts same and different is linked to success on RMTS.
Keywords:
relational language
same and different
children
RMTS task
concept formation

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