{"id":180,"date":"2008-12-23T12:20:59","date_gmt":"2008-12-23T16:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/humanspark\/?p=180"},"modified":"2009-07-10T16:20:04","modified_gmt":"2009-07-10T20:20:04","slug":"in-the-news-counting-without-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/humanspark\/topics\/neuroscience\/in-the-news-counting-without-numbers\/180\/","title":{"rendered":"In the News: Counting Without Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"captionRight\">\n<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/humanspark\/files\/2008\/12\/224_news_butterworth.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-181\" title=\"Brian Butterworth\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/humanspark\/files\/2008\/12\/224_news_butterworth.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"195\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researcher Brian Butterworth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>One of the earliest things American children are taught is how to count items out loud: one, two, three\u2026 But how much do humans understand about numbers before they learn this vocabulary? 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