Researchers say numbers aren't needed to count
Monday, August 18, 2008 - 16:14
in Psychology & Sociology
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Answer this without counting: Are there more X's here XXXXXX, or here XXXXX? That's a problem facing people whose languages don't include words for more than one or two. Yet researchers say children who speak those languages are still able to compare quantities....
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