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Rosa Rugani1,2, Giorgio Vallortigara2, Konstantinos Priftis1
1Department of General Psychology, University of Padova.
Cognitive Science
|October 13, 2017
Abstract:
Núñez and Fias raised concerns on whether our results demonstrate a linear number-space mapping. Patro and Nuerk urge caution on the use of animal models to understand the origin (cultural vs. biological) of the orientation of spatial-numerical association. Here, we discuss why both objections are unfounded.
Keywords:
Domestic chicks (Gallus gallus)Mental number lineNumber cognitionSpatial cognitionSpatial-numerical association
