Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "A number sense in animals, as the ability to represent and discriminate quantities by number sense of relative sizes, has been demonstrated in various species, from fish to primates. Animals are believed to have an approximate number system, a system for number representation also found in humans, which is more precise for smaller quantities and less precise for larger quantities. It is suggested... that an exact, not approximate, representation of number beyond the quantity of 3 has not been attested in non-captive animals, but can be found after a period of training in captive animals. In order to distinguish number sense in animals from the symbolic and verbal number system in humans researchers use the term numerosity, rather than “number”, to refer to the concept that supports approximate estimation but does not support an exact representation of number quality.Number sense in animals includes the recognition and comparison of number quantities. Some numerical operations, such as addition, have also been demonstrated in many species, from rats to great apes. Additionally, representing fractions and fraction addition has been demonstrated in chimpanzees. A wide range of species with an approximate number system suggests an early evolutionary origin of this mechanism or, alternatively, multiple convergent evolution."@en }
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- Number_sense_in_animals abstract "A number sense in animals, as the ability to represent and discriminate quantities by number sense of relative sizes, has been demonstrated in various species, from fish to primates. Animals are believed to have an approximate number system, a system for number representation also found in humans, which is more precise for smaller quantities and less precise for larger quantities. It is suggested... that an exact, not approximate, representation of number beyond the quantity of 3 has not been attested in non-captive animals, but can be found after a period of training in captive animals. In order to distinguish number sense in animals from the symbolic and verbal number system in humans researchers use the term numerosity, rather than “number”, to refer to the concept that supports approximate estimation but does not support an exact representation of number quality.Number sense in animals includes the recognition and comparison of number quantities. Some numerical operations, such as addition, have also been demonstrated in many species, from rats to great apes. Additionally, representing fractions and fraction addition has been demonstrated in chimpanzees. A wide range of species with an approximate number system suggests an early evolutionary origin of this mechanism or, alternatively, multiple convergent evolution.".