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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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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 |