Observing the unexpected enhances infants’ learning and exploration

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Science

• Publication date

  2015-04-03

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1126/science.aaa3799PMID 25838378PMCID PMC5861377
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