Research has shown that children can solve analogies well before they are 11 or 12 years of age, the age at which formal operational thinking begins.

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Research in developmental psychology has shown that children are capable of solving simple analogies much earlier than the age of 11 or 12, indicating that the ability to understand and apply analogical reasoning develops before the onset of formal operational thinking stages proposed by Piaget.

Research Has Shown That Children Can Solve Analogies Well Before