title: Primate cognition: putting two and two together.
abstract: The human mind has the capacity for abstract numerical representations that cut across different sensory modalities. New research with monkeys shows that this mathematical achievement is not unique to our species.
authors.affiliation: Yale University, Department of Psychology, New Haven, CT 06510, USA. laurie.santos@yale.edu
authors.forename: Laurie R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Santos
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000818:Animals; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D008253:Macaca mulatta / Q000502:physiology*; D008433:Mathematics; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*