We explore the hypothesis that many intuitive physical inferences are based on a mental
physics engine that is analogous in many ways to the machine physics engines used in …

There are many continuous quantitative dimensions in the physical world. Philosophical,
psychological, and neural work has focused mostly on space and number. However, there …

In this paper, we critically review MCI theory and the evidence supporting it. MCI theory
typically posits that religious concepts violate what we call deep inferences, intuitions …

Considerable research has investigated infants' numerical capacities. Studies in this domain
have used procedures of habituation, head turn, violation of expectation, reaching, and …

This fourth edition of the bestselling Mathematics in Early Years Education provides an
accessible introduction to the teaching of mathematics in the early years. Covering all areas …

Our concepts of the physical world distinguish objects, such as chairs, from substances,
such as quantities of wood, that constitute them. A particular chair might consist of a single …

Adults possess a great deal of knowledge about how objects behave and interact in our
every day environment, yet several puzzles remain unsolved regarding how we manage this …

Many studies have established that 2-month-old infants have knowledge of solid objects'
basic physical properties. Evidence about infants' understanding of nonsolid substances …

Infants have shown variable success in quantity comparison tasks, with infants of a given
age sometimes successfully discriminating numerical differences at a 2: 3 ratio but requiring …

Experience puts people in touch with nonsolid substances, such as water, blood, and milk,
which are crucial to survival. People must be able to understand the behavior of these …