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1 < 2 and 2 < 3: Non-Linguistic Appreciations of Numerical Order
Ordinal understanding is involved in understanding social hierarchies, series of actions, and everyday events. Moreover, an appreciation of numerical order is critical to understanding number at a highly abstract, conceptual level. In this paper, we review findings concerning the development and exp...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3554834/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23355830 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00005 |
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description | Ordinal understanding is involved in understanding social hierarchies, series of actions, and everyday events. Moreover, an appreciation of numerical order is critical to understanding number at a highly abstract, conceptual level. In this paper, we review findings concerning the development and expression of ordinal numerical knowledge in preverbal human infants in light of literature about the same cognitive abilities in non-human animals. We attempt to reconcile seemingly contradictory evidence, provide new directions for prospective research, and evaluate the shared basis of ordinal knowledge among non-verbal organisms. Our review of the research leads us to conclude that both infants and non-human animals are adapted to respond to monotonic progressions in numerical order, consonant with mathematical definitions of numerical order. Further, we suggest that patterns in the way that infants and non-human animals process numerical order can be accounted for by changes across development, the conditions under which representations are generated, or both. |
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spelling | pubmed-35548342013-01-25 1 < 2 and 2 < 3: Non-Linguistic Appreciations of Numerical Order Anderson, Ursula S. Cordes, Sara Front Psychol Psychology Ordinal understanding is involved in understanding social hierarchies, series of actions, and everyday events. Moreover, an appreciation of numerical order is critical to understanding number at a highly abstract, conceptual level. In this paper, we review findings concerning the development and expression of ordinal numerical knowledge in preverbal human infants in light of literature about the same cognitive abilities in non-human animals. We attempt to reconcile seemingly contradictory evidence, provide new directions for prospective research, and evaluate the shared basis of ordinal knowledge among non-verbal organisms. Our review of the research leads us to conclude that both infants and non-human animals are adapted to respond to monotonic progressions in numerical order, consonant with mathematical definitions of numerical order. Further, we suggest that patterns in the way that infants and non-human animals process numerical order can be accounted for by changes across development, the conditions under which representations are generated, or both. Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-01-25 /pmc/articles/PMC3554834/ /pubmed/23355830 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00005 Text en Copyright © 2013 Anderson and Cordes. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in other forums, provided the original authors and source are credited and subject to any copyright notices concerning any third-party graphics etc. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Anderson, Ursula S. Cordes, Sara 1 < 2 and 2 < 3: Non-Linguistic Appreciations of Numerical Order |
title | 1 < 2 and 2 < 3: Non-Linguistic Appreciations of Numerical Order |
title_full | 1 < 2 and 2 < 3: Non-Linguistic Appreciations of Numerical Order |
title_fullStr | 1 < 2 and 2 < 3: Non-Linguistic Appreciations of Numerical Order |
title_full_unstemmed | 1 < 2 and 2 < 3: Non-Linguistic Appreciations of Numerical Order |
title_short | 1 < 2 and 2 < 3: Non-Linguistic Appreciations of Numerical Order |
title_sort | 1 < 2 and 2 < 3: non-linguistic appreciations of numerical order |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3554834/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23355830 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00005 |
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