Unveiling the genesis of the mental NUMber line: BRAIN and behavioral studies in chicks and newborns

Unveiling the genesis of the mental NUMber line: BRAIN and behavioral studies in chicks and newborns Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research Psychological sciences Humans use abstract symbols, such as numbers, to represent physical features of their environment, such as the size or number of objects. Animals share with humans a sense of number, which enables them to estimate quantities. Humans and animals associate small numbers with the left and large numbers...