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The making of number: from content to representation.

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Τίτλος: The making of number: from content to representation.
Συγγραφείς: Nieder A; Animal Physiology Unit, Institute of Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. Electronic address: andreas.nieder@uni-tuebingen.de.
Πηγή: Trends in cognitive sciences [Trends Cogn Sci] 2026 Oct; Vol. 30 (10), pp. 933-945. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Feb 12.
Τύπος έκδοσης: Journal Article; Review
Γλώσσα: English
Στοιχεία περιοδικού: Publisher: Elsevier Science Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 9708669 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1879-307X (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 13646613 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Trends Cogn Sci Subsets: MEDLINE
Imprint Name(s): Original Publication: Kidlington, Oxford, UK : Elsevier Science, c1997-
Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): Cognition*/physiology , Mathematical Concepts* , Mathematics*, Humans ; Animals
Περίληψη: Despite their importance to human thought, the origins of numerical abilities remain debated. Numerical quantity is a property of physical objects and events, and both humans and many animals show an innate sensitivity to this numerical content. Yet how this content is represented is a separate question: it may be encoded nonsymbolically by an innate estimation system or symbolically through culturally developed formats, such as numeral notations and number words. Distinguishing content from representational format reconciles the views that numbers are innate (nativism), learned (empiricism), or constructed (emergentism). Converging evidence from developmental psychology, comparative cognition, neuroscience, and computation suggests that number is dynamically coconstructed by biological predispositions and cultural practices, a framework that generalizes to other domains of human cognition, such as geometry and language.
(Copyright © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.)
Competing Interests: Declaration of interests None declared by author.
Contributed Indexing: Keywords: coconstruction; nativism vs. empiricism; numerical content; representational format; symbolic number systems
Entry Date(s): Date Created: 20260213 Date Completed: 20261006 Latest Revision: 20261006
Update Code: 20261007
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2025.12.011
PMID: 41688296
Βάση Δεδομένων: MEDLINE
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