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As a guest to the Comenius Society and like Comenius as a man born in Moravia, I wish to take the liberty of recalling some of his ideas and using them as departure points for our presentation at this symposium.
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Papoušek, H., Papoušek, M. (1983). The Psychobiology of the First Didactic Programs and Toys in Human Infants. In: Oliverio, A., Zappella, M. (eds) The Behavior of Human Infants. Ettore Majorana International Science Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3784-3_10
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