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SUBMITTER: Koopman SE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6837223 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Koopman Sarah E SE Arre Alyssa M AM Piantadosi Steven T ST Cantlon Jessica F JF
Royal Society open science 20191030 10
A logical rule important in counting and representing exact number is one-to-one correspondence, the understanding that two sets are equal if each item in one set corresponds to exactly one item in the second set. The role of this rule in children's development of counting remains unclear, possibly due to individual differences in the development of language. We report that non-human primates, which do not have language, have at least a partial understanding of this principle. Baboons were given ...[more]