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Perceiving numerosity from birth.

Authors :
de Hevia MD
Castaldi E
Streri A
Eger E
Izard V
Source :
The Behavioral and brain sciences [Behav Brain Sci] 2017 Jan; Vol. 40, pp. e169.
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

Leibovich et al. opened up an important discussion on the nature and origins of numerosity perception. The authors rightly point out that non-numerical features of stimuli influence this ability. Despite these biases, there is evidence that from birth, humans perceive and represent numerosities, and not just non-numerical quantitative features such as item size, density, and convex hull.

Subjects

Subjects :
Humans
Cognition
Perception

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1469-1825
Volume :
40
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
The Behavioral and brain sciences
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
29342652
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X16002090