Title |
Evidence for Two Numerical Systems That Are Similar in Humans and Guppies
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Published in |
PLOS ONE, February 2012
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DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0031923 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Christian Agrillo, Laura Piffer, Angelo Bisazza, Brian Butterworth |
Abstract |
Humans and non-human animals share an approximate non-verbal system for representing and comparing numerosities that has no upper limit and for which accuracy is dependent on the numerical ratio. Current evidence indicates that the mechanism for keeping track of individual objects can also be used for numerical purposes; if so, its accuracy will be independent of numerical ratio, but its capacity is limited to the number of items that can be tracked, about four. There is, however, growing controversy as to whether two separate number systems are present in other vertebrate species. |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 6 | 38% |
Australia | 2 | 13% |
Comoros | 1 | 6% |
United Kingdom | 1 | 6% |
Unknown | 6 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 10 | 63% |
Scientists | 4 | 25% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 6% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
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Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 3 | 2% |
Portugal | 1 | <1% |
Italy | 1 | <1% |
Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
Japan | 1 | <1% |
Peru | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 180 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 40 | 21% |
Researcher | 35 | 19% |
Student > Bachelor | 20 | 11% |
Student > Master | 15 | 8% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 14 | 7% |
Other | 30 | 16% |
Unknown | 34 | 18% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Psychology | 64 | 34% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 37 | 20% |
Neuroscience | 12 | 6% |
Environmental Science | 5 | 3% |
Computer Science | 4 | 2% |
Other | 17 | 9% |
Unknown | 49 | 26% |