Knowledge of Number: Its Evolution and Ontogeny
SciencePublished 23 October 1998
Susan Carey
Citations107
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Abstract
Can animals do math? In her Perspective, Carey discusses the abilities of primates to mentally represent and manipulate numbers--reported on p. 746 by Brannon and Terrance--and compares these to the cultural and ontogenic development of numerical representation in humans.
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PsychologySocial SciencesMathematics
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