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Perceiving numerosity from birth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2017

Maria Dolores de Hevia ,
Elisa Castaldi ,
Arlette Streri ,
Evelyn Eger  and
Véronique Izard
Maria Dolores de Hevia
Affiliation:
Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75006 Paris, France veronique.izard@parisdescartes.fr CNRS UMR 8242, Laboratoire Psychologie de la Perception, 75006 Paris, France dehevialola@gmail.com arlette.streri@gmail.com http://lpp.psycho.univ-paris5.fr/person.php?name=LolaD http://lpp.psycho.univ-paris5.fr/person.php?name=ArletteS http://lpp.psycho.univ-paris5.fr/person.php?name=VeroniqueI
Elisa Castaldi
Affiliation:
Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit, CEA DRF/I2BM, INSERM, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, NeuroSpin Center, 91191 Gif/Yvette, France. elisa.castaldi@gmail.com evelyn.eger@gmail.com http://www.pisavisionlab.org/index.php/people/postdocs/elisa-castaldi
Arlette Streri
Affiliation:
Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75006 Paris, France veronique.izard@parisdescartes.fr CNRS UMR 8242, Laboratoire Psychologie de la Perception, 75006 Paris, France dehevialola@gmail.com arlette.streri@gmail.com http://lpp.psycho.univ-paris5.fr/person.php?name=LolaD http://lpp.psycho.univ-paris5.fr/person.php?name=ArletteS http://lpp.psycho.univ-paris5.fr/person.php?name=VeroniqueI
Evelyn Eger
Affiliation:
Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit, CEA DRF/I2BM, INSERM, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, NeuroSpin Center, 91191 Gif/Yvette, France. elisa.castaldi@gmail.com evelyn.eger@gmail.com http://www.pisavisionlab.org/index.php/people/postdocs/elisa-castaldi
Véronique Izard
Affiliation:
Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75006 Paris, France veronique.izard@parisdescartes.fr CNRS UMR 8242, Laboratoire Psychologie de la Perception, 75006 Paris, France dehevialola@gmail.com arlette.streri@gmail.com http://lpp.psycho.univ-paris5.fr/person.php?name=LolaD http://lpp.psycho.univ-paris5.fr/person.php?name=ArletteS http://lpp.psycho.univ-paris5.fr/person.php?name=VeroniqueI
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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.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e169
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