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The number sense is neither last resort nor of primary import

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2017

Michael J. Beran  and
Audrey E. Parrish
Michael J. Beran
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302-5010 mberan1@gsu.edu www.mjberan.com
Audrey E. Parrish
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, The Citadel, Charleston, SC 29409 audrey.parrish@citadel.edu
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Abstract

Leibovich et al. argue that evidence for an innate sense of number in children and animals may instead reflect the processing of continuous magnitude properties. However, some comparative research highlights responding on the basis of numerosity when non-numerical confounds are controlled. Future comparative tests might evaluate how early experience with continuous magnitudes affects the development of a sense of number.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e166
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