Babies Understand Counting Years Earlier Than Believed (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins University

Babies Understand Counting Years Earlier Than Believed

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There is also VIDEO available for this story. Babies who are years away from being able to say 'one,' 'two,' and 'three' actually already have a sense of what counting means, Johns Hopkins University researchers have discovered. The findings reveal that very early on, years earlier than previously believed, babies who hear counting realize that it's about quantity.

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