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Scientists Crack Centuries-Old Philosophical Question About Sight and Touch


Research shows that chicks just hatched are able to identify objects visually, despite only having encountered them through tactile sensations previously. Newly hatched chicks, reared in darkness and exposed to either a smooth or bumpy cube through touch alone for 24 hours, instantaneously recogniz

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