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The Privileged Link Between Number and Space: Day-old Chicks ( <i>Gallus gallus</i> ) Show Spatial-Numerical but Not Spatial-Quantity Associations

2026-08-07

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Spatial-numerical association reflects an internal “mental number line” where numerosities are mapped from left to right in space. While evidence from 8- to 9-month-old human infants suggests a privileged link between number and space, these findings do not definitively establish whether discrete numerosity or continuous quantity is the primary driver of spatialization due to the relatively extensive postnatal exp...

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10.64898/2026.08.03.742501
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