[en] Rips et al. claim that the principles underlying the structure of natural numbers cannot be inferred from interactions with the physical world. However, they failed to consider an important source of interaction: finger counting. Here, we show that finger counting satisfies all the conditions required for allowing the concept of numbers to emerge from sensorimotor experience through a bottom-up process.
Disciplines :
Neurosciences & comportement
Auteur, co-auteur :
Andres, Michael
DI LUCA, Samuel ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Education, Culture, Cognition and Society (ECCS)
Pesenti, Mauro
Langue du document :
Anglais
Titre :
Finger counting: The missing tool?
Date de publication/diffusion :
2008
Titre du périodique :
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
ISSN :
0140-525X
eISSN :
1469-1825
Maison d'édition :
Cambridge University Press, New York, Etats-Unis - New York
