• DOI:10.1016/j.cognition.2008.04.007
Corpus ID: 14863459

Number as a cognitive technology: Evidence from Pirahã language and cognition

@article{Frank2008NumberAA,
  title={Number as a cognitive technology: Evidence from Pirah{\~a} language and cognition},
  author={Michael C. Frank and D. Everett and E. Fedorenko and Edward Gibson},
  journal={Cognition},
  year={2008},
  volume={108},
  pages={819-824}
}

Michael C. Frank, D. Everett, +1 author Edward Gibson

Published 2008

Psychology, Medicine

Cognition

Does speaking a language without number words change the way speakers of that language perceive exact quantities? The Pirahã are an Amazonian tribe who have been previously studied for their limited numerical system [Gordon, P. (2004). Numerical cognition without words: Evidence from Amazonia. Science 306, 496-499]. We show that the Pirahã have no linguistic method whatsoever for expressing exact quantity, not even "one." Despite this lack, when retested on the matching tasks used by Gordon… CONTINUE READING

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