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The benefit of symbols: monkeys show linear, human-like, accuracy when using symbols to represent scalar value

When humans and animals estimate numbers of items, their error rate is proportional to the number. To date, however, only humans show the capacity to represent large numbers symbolically, which endows them with increased precision, especially for large numbers, and with tools for manipulating number...

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Autores principales: Livingstone, Margaret S., Srihasam, Krishna, Morocz, Istvan A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2921054/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20443126
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10071-010-0321-1