Crows can ‘count’ similarly to toddlers, according to new study

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Crows can ‘count’ similarly to toddlers, according to new study
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ArticleBody:Before toddlers learn to master symbolic counting–where “one” stands for a single object and “two” indicates double that–they pass through a developmental stage of verbal tallying. In this phase, asked how many apples are in a group of three, a young child might say “one, one, one” or “one, two, three” or “apple, apple, apple,” in a form of proto-counting.

Keeping tabs of caws “is not like counting the number of pecks,” says Girogio Vallortigara, a neuroscientist at the University of Trento in Italy who has published on numeracy in zebra fish and newborn chicks. Instead, tracking vocalizations involves “timing…and requires extensive memory and planning,” he explains. “It is certainly an advanced cognitive ability.

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