%0 Journal Article
%A Núñez, Rafael E.
%A d'Errico, Francesco
%A Gray, Russell D.
%A Bender, Andrea
%+ Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
%T The perception of quantity ain't number: Missing the primacy of symbolic reference : 
%G eng
%U https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0009-B191-A
%R 10.1017/S0140525X21001023
%7 2021-12-15
%D 2021
%8 15.12.2021
%* Review method: peer-reviewed
%X Clarke and Beck's defense of the theoretical construct “approximate number system” (ANS) is flawed in serious ways – from biological misconceptions to mathematical naïveté. The authors misunderstand behavioral/psychological technical concepts, such as numerosity and quantical cognition, which they disdain as “exotic.” Additionally, their characterization of rational numbers is blind to the essential role of symbolic reference in the emergence of number.
%J Behavioral and Brain Sciences
%V 44
%] e199
%I Cambridge University Press
%@ 0140-525X1469-1825