A spatial perspective on numerical concepts

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences 31 (6):651-652 (2008)
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The reliable covariation between numerosity and spatial extent is considered as a strong constraint for inferring the successor principle in numerical cognition. We suggest that children can derive a general number concept from the (experientially) infinite succession of spatial positions during object manipulation

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The mental representation of parity and number magnitude.Stanislas Dehaene, Serge Bossini & Pascal Giraux - 1993 - Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 122 (3):371–96.

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