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Susan A. Gelman

Susan A. Gelman is Heinz Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and Linguistics at the University of Michigan.

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Paul Bloom argues that humans dig deep, look beyond the surface, and attend to the nonobvious in ways that add to our pleasure and appreciation of the world of objects. I wholly...
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