# Born Knowing

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- Book: [Born Knowing](https://www.bookquiver.com/giorgio-vallortigara/born-knowing) ([Born Knowing.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/giorgio-vallortigara/born-knowing.md))
- Authors: [Giorgio Vallortigara](https://www.bookquiver.com/giorgio-vallortigara), [Claudia Losi](https://www.bookquiver.com/claudia-losi)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6204-593-3
- Pages: 192
- Published: 2021-09-28
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

An expert on the brain argues that the mind is not a blank slate and that much early behavior is biologically predisposed rather than learned. Why do newborns show a preference for a face (or something...