亚马逊土著群体的准确和近似算术
Pierre Pica1, Cathy Lemer, Véronique Izard
1Unité Mixte de Recherche 7023 "Formal Structures of Language," CNRS and Paris VIII University, Paris, France.
概括
人类的计算能力是不同的. 非语言系统处理近似的数字,而语言对于精确的算术至关重要,正如蒙杜鲁库人的一项研究所显示的那样.
科学领域:
- 认知科学 认知科学
- 语言学的语言学.
- 人类学是人类学.
背景情况:
- 讨论了语言和数值认知之间的关系.
- 调查有限的词典数量土著社区的数值能力提供了独特的见解.
研究的目的:
- 调查算术能力对语言能力的依赖.
- 探索Mundurukú的说话者在数值认知,一个亚马逊的语言,一个受限制的数字词典.
主要方法:
- 在Mundurukú说话者的数值认知的比较研究.
- 评估近似和精确的算术任务的能力.
- 对Mundurukú命名范围以外的数字的性能分析.
主要成果:
- 蒙德鲁库语说者可以比较和加大大概的数量超过他们的数字限制.
- 精确的算术表现仅限于其小词典中的数字 (高达4或5).
- 在非语言数字近似和语言依赖的精确计算之间观察到一个分离.
结论:
- 数字认知包括不同的近似和精确计算系统.
- 语言对于精确算法的开发和执行至关重要.
- 这些发现表明,人类精确计算的能力与语言结构密切相关.
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