Human infants capable of advanced reasoning

Recent research reported in PhysOrg showed that babies seem to be able to distinguish right from wrong even at the age of six months, and consistently choose helpful characters over unhelpful ones. Now new research suggests very young children are also able to use advanced reasoning to solve problems. Scientists Hyowon Gweon and Laura Schulz of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US studied 83 16-month-old infants to find out if they could distinguish between events caused by themselves and outside influences and how the difference would affect their reactions to failed outcomes.   link