James Brody
February 16th, 2009, 11:22 AM
Number sense also appears in lizards...
JimB
"Pre-verbal Number Sense Common To Monkeys, Babies, College Kids
"ScienceDaily (Feb. 15, 2009) — Basic arithmetic and "number sense" appear to be part of the shared evolutionary past of many primates; it's the use of language to explain abstractions that apparently takes human math to a higher level.
"Number is one of the more abstract domains of cognition: three coins and three loaves of bread are very different concepts," says Brannon, who will be speaking on February 13 at the AAAS annual meeting. "Yet, many studies show that babies, even in the first year of life, can tell the difference between quantities."
More at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213114156.htm
JimB
"Pre-verbal Number Sense Common To Monkeys, Babies, College Kids
"ScienceDaily (Feb. 15, 2009) — Basic arithmetic and "number sense" appear to be part of the shared evolutionary past of many primates; it's the use of language to explain abstractions that apparently takes human math to a higher level.
"Number is one of the more abstract domains of cognition: three coins and three loaves of bread are very different concepts," says Brannon, who will be speaking on February 13 at the AAAS annual meeting. "Yet, many studies show that babies, even in the first year of life, can tell the difference between quantities."
More at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213114156.htm