Primate cognition: putting two and two together.
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.
Santos
Laurie R
LR
Yale University, Department of Psychology, New Haven, CT 06510, USA. laurie.santos@yale.edu
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*