How Animals Use Numerical Competence To Make Decisions
Monday, December 29, 2014 - 16:20
in Psychology & Sociology
People discriminate between quantities because it is a way to make decisions - armies are less likely to want to attack when the defense outnumbers them - but with animals it is more clear, lions, chimpanzees and hyenas will not attack at all if they don't have superior numbers. These animals use numerical information to make decisions about their social life. Testing numerical competence read more