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The Evolution of Numerical Cognition: From Number Neurons to Linguistic Quantifiers

Edward M. Hubbard, Ilka Diester, Jessica F. Cantlon, Daniel Ansari, Filip Van Opstal, Vanessa Troiani

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### Introduction It is well established that children, adults, and nonhuman animals share a basic ability to perceive and compare nonsymbolic quantities of items, commonly referred to as “numerosity.” Symbolic numerical representations build on these basic abilities to enable human children and

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### Introduction It is well established that children, adults, and nonhuman animals share a basic ability to perceive and compare nonsymbolic quantities of items, commonly referred to as “numerosity.” Symbolic numerical representations build on these basic abilities to enable human children and

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### Introduction It is well established that children, adults, and nonhuman animals share a basic ability to perceive and compare nonsymbolic quantities of items, commonly referred to as “numerosity.” Symbolic numerical representations build on these basic abilities to enable human children and

Key concepts: Numerosity adaptation effect, Numerical cognition, Cognition, Cognitive psychology, Psychology, Cognitive science, Neuroscience

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