BI 137 Brian Butterworth: Can Fish Count?
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Is There a Relationship Between the Counting Ability and the Accumulator Mechanism?
What we know about a counting mechanism in other animals is basicallyn in primate like monkeys, monkey particularly. And in birds. This as some brilliant work done by german neuro sciencist called andrias nida. He did basically the same experiments with the er monkeys and birds, crows. So i i wonder what the relation is between our higher mathematical abilities and this kind of tally a counter the accumulator mechanism that you describe. But there you go. Absolutely excellent questions. Back to Mail Online home. Back to the page you came from.
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