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Date: December 11, 2009 8:00:00 PM ESTSubject: Old math reveals new thinking in children's cognitive developmentSource: ScienceDaily: Latest Science NewsFive-year-olds can reason about the world from multiple perspectives simultaneously, according to a new theory by researchers in Japan and Australia. Using an established branch of mathematics called Category Theory, the researchers explain why specific reasoning skills develop in children at certain ages, particularly at age five. The new theory shows that these reasoning skills have similar profiles of development because they involve related sorts of processes.