Why Monkeys Can Only Count To Four
There’s an island in the Caribbean where David used to perform magic tricks for monkeys. And it was super cool because it suggested that they have the ability to count! (but only up to four).
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Show Notes
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:
- Approximate number system: A cognitive system that supports the estimation of the magnitude of a group without relying on language or symbols.
- Violation of expectancy looking time measure: A technique used to determine if subjects were surprised by an outcome of an experiment based on the idea that surprising outcomes resulted in longer looking times.
- Cross-species comparison: Comparisons across species that differ in cognitive character.
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