Dogs versus Humans in counting

A new study says, more or less, that dogs can count. The study bases this on indirect, fMRI data. You may find the evidence persuasive:



The study does not mention that there are many studies, done in many classrooms, showing that many people cannot count.


This new dog study is: “Canine sense of quantity: evidence for numerical ratio-dependent activation in parietotemporal cortex,” Lauren S. Aulet, Veronica C. Chiu, Ashley Prichard, Mark Spivak, Stella F. Lourenco, and Gregory S. Berns, Biology Letters, December 2019.


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Published on January 08, 2020 06:31
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