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Young children who are exposed to religion have a hard time differentiating between fact and fiction,
according to a new study published in the July issue of Cognitive Science.
Researchers presented 5- and 6-year-old children from both public and parochial schools with three
different types of stories -- religious, fantastical and realistic –- in an effort to gauge how well they
could identify narratives with impossible elements as fictional.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/children-religion-fact-fiction_n_5607009.html
according to a new study published in the July issue of Cognitive Science.
Researchers presented 5- and 6-year-old children from both public and parochial schools with three
different types of stories -- religious, fantastical and realistic –- in an effort to gauge how well they
could identify narratives with impossible elements as fictional.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/children-religion-fact-fiction_n_5607009.html