While the initial research on this topic was done on human adults, recent studies have shown that some ASA capabilities are present in newborn infants, showing that they are built-in, rather than learned through experience. Other research has shown that non-human animals also display ASA.
Research into this subject initially concentrated on adults, but more recent findings indicate that some ASA capabilities are present in infants from birth, implying they are genetically encoded rather than acquired through experience. Moreover, research has revealed that animals beyond humans also exhibit ASA-like abilities.