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What time words teach us about children's acquisition of the temporal reasoning system

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Abstract Here I consider the possible role of the temporal updating system in the development of the temporal reasoning system. Using evidence from children's acquisition of time words, I argue… Click to show full abstract

Abstract Here I consider the possible role of the temporal updating system in the development of the temporal reasoning system. Using evidence from children's acquisition of time words, I argue that abstract temporal concepts are not built from primitive representations of time. Instead, I propose that language and cultural learning provide the primary sources of the temporal reasoning system.

Keywords: children acquisition; reasoning system; system; temporal reasoning; time words

Journal Title: Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Year Published: 2019

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