So, which animals can count and understand simple math? "Many species, including insects, mollusks, lizards, birds and many types of mammals (land living and sea living) can discriminate between ...

The ability of animals to understand numbers might surprise more than one observer. From insects to mammals, this aptitude turns out to be far more widespread than one might imagine. Research ...

The basic point of my book is that counting is really simple. Think of a tally counter. You press the lever once for each sheep you see and don't press it for the goats, for example.

While children usually grasp the counting numbers by age 4, it often takes another two years for them to gain an understanding of zero as a number. Andreas Nieder, a neurobiologist at the University ...

‘Making Numbers Count’ Review: As Easy as 1, 2, 3. Numerical information is notoriously difficult to communicate. Better to translate it into images and messages that make numbers unnecessary.

COUNTING How We Use Numbers to Decide What Matters By Deborah Stone The title of “Counting” contains some revealing wordplay: To count is to tally things up but, also, to count is to matter.