Ontogenetic Origins of Human Integer Representations.
Trends Cogn Sci
; 23(10): 823-835, 2019 10.
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Do children learn number words by associating them with perceptual magnitudes? Recent studies argue that approximate numerical magnitudes play a foundational role in the development of integer concepts. Against this, we argue that approximate number representations fail both empirically and in principle to provide the content required of integer concepts. Instead, we suggest that children's understanding of integer concepts proceeds in two phases. In the first phase, children learn small exact number word meanings by associating words with small sets. In the second phase, children learn the meanings of larger number words by mastering the logic of exact counting algorithms, which implement the successor function and Hume's principle (that one-to-one correspondence guarantees exact equality). In neither phase do approximate number representations play a foundational role.
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Asunto principal:
Cognición
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Formación de Concepto
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Aprendizaje
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Matemática
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Humans
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En
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Trends Cogn Sci
Asunto de la revista:
PSICOLOGIA
Año:
2019
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Article
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Reino Unido