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Can Fish Count? What Animals Reveal About Our Uniquely Mathematical Minds

Inquiring Minds

CHAPTER

Accumulator Theory and Number Neurons

This chapter explores the accumulator theory, which suggests how counting might work in a nervous system. It also discusses the existence of number neurons in the human brain and their mapping to numerosities.

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