@zeynep The hypothesis in that piece is that dogs respond to visual info -- they can see that a quantity is bigger or smaller than another.
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@zeynep But that's only if the quantities are visually simultaneous -- i.e. 2 cans next to 3 cans.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@zeynep They're not as good at wolves at keeping mental representations of quantities when the quantities aren't simultaneously present.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@zeynep The question is, what type of visual reasoning is necessary to herd sheep? Maybe it's not quantity-based? -
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@zeynep@pomeranian99 Maybe related? “The Mathematics of Child Street Vendors.” http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1130503?uid=3739560&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21104294839327 … + http://ci512-summer2011.wikispaces.com/file/view/Carraher+(1985)+Street+Math.pdf … [.pdf] -
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