Verbal and Object Counting
Abstract
Before her fourth birthday, Abby was given five train engines. She walked in one day with three of them. Her father said, “Where’s the other ones?” “I lost them,” she admitted. “How many are missing?” he asked. “I have 1, 2, 3. So [pointing in the air] foooour, fiiiive … two are missing, 4 and 5. [Pauses] No! I want these to be [pointing at the three engines] 1, 3, and 5. So, 2 and 4 are missing. Still two missing, but they’re numbers 2 and 4.”
Fields of Study & Subjects
Logic
Reasoning
and Knowledge
Publication details
- Pages
- 36–64
- Publication date
- 18 May 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter