Someone wanted to know what was happening in their mind when five apples were dropped on the floor and they were asked to count them where they just counting quickly.

有人想知道，當五個蘋果掉在地上，讓他們數一數，他們只是在哪裡快速計數時，他們的腦海中發生了什麼。

Or did they remember what five things look like in response Reddit user surf kate.

還是他們記住了五件事的樣子，以迴應Reddit用戶衝浪Kate。

YsL gave a great concise explanation of the difference between counting and something called subcutaneous.

YsL對計數和稱為皮下的東西之間的區別做了一個很好的簡明解釋。

Coming from the latin sub noticed meaning sudden subsidizing refers to our brain's ability to suddenly recognize objects up to about four.

來自拉丁文的sub noticed，意思是突然的補助，指的是我們的大腦突然識別物體的能力，最多可達四種。

Which means that if you see for example, 123 or four pizza john's, you don't have to spend any time looking at each individual pizza jOHN, you just know how many pizza john's there are.

這意味著，如果你看到例如123或4個比薩餅約翰，你不必花時間去看每一個比薩餅約翰，你只需知道有多少個比薩餅約翰。

But if you increase that number by even a little more, your mind loses the ability to grasp what it's looking at right away.

但如果你把這個數字再增加一點，你的頭腦就會失去立即掌握它所看的東西的能力。

Indeed, the time it takes to make a judgment on numbers larger than four increases by about 250 to 350 milliseconds with each consecutive number.

事實上，對大於4的數字做出判斷的時間，每連續一個數字都會增加大約250到350毫秒。

That's because when you move out of the subsidizing range, you actually have to look at each individual item and count them up.

這是因為當你走出補貼範圍時，你實際上必須看一看每一個單獨的項目，並把它們算出來。

The way we do this is by taking the list of numbers 123456789, 10 and so on and assigning them to the pizza john's in ascending order.

我們這樣做的方法是，將123456789、10等數字列表，按升序分配給披薩約翰餐廳。

When we reach the end of our set, Whatever number we stopped on is the number of items there are digging a little deeper.

當我們到達我們這組的終點時，無論我們停在什麼數字上，都是有挖得更深一點的項目的數量。

This process of counting as we know it involves five criteria that was a little bit.

我們所知道的這個計數過程涉及到五個標準，這是個小問題。

First.

首先。

The 1 to 1 principle meaning that each object can only have one tag or number name.

1對1原則意味著每個對象只能有一個標籤或數字名稱。

Second order nationality, meaning that the tags must be applied in the same order every time.

二階國籍，意味著每次都必須以相同的順序應用標籤。

1234, not 3214589.

1234，而不是3214589。

Omega Jackson.

歐米茄-傑克遜。

Pollock.

波洛克。

3rd.

第三次。

The cardinal principle or cardinality which I mentioned before, meaning that the last tag always represents the absolute quantity of the set forth, the order irrelevance, which means that it doesn't matter, it's irrelevant which order the objects are counted.

我之前提到的萬能原則或萬能性，意味著最後一個標籤總是代表所設定的絕對數量，順序無關性，這意味著這並不重要，對象被計算的順序是無關的。

The number will always be the same.

這個數字將永遠是相同的。

And finally fifth the abstraction principle or the ability to apply counting to a number of varied objects, not just the same one.

最後是第五個抽象原則，或將計數應用於一些不同的對象，而不僅僅是同一對象的能力。

Used multiple times counting in this way extrapolated allows us to deal with very large numbers aided by something which is not innate to our minds but is an artificial symbolic system which we've memorized to the point where it feels innate.

用這種方式推算的多次計數使我們能夠在一些不是我們頭腦中與生俱來的東西的幫助下處理非常大的數字，而這些東西是一個人工的符號系統，我們已經記住了它，以至於感覺是與生俱來的。

We know of a few cultures.

我們知道有幾種文化。

In fact like the Amazonian indigenous group Moon Naraku who don't have words for numbers larger than five or the Brazilian Piiroja people who only have names for one and two above that they just say many.

事實上，像亞馬遜原住民群體Moon Naraku沒有大於5的數字的詞，或者巴西的Piiroja人只有1和2的名字，超過這個數字他們就說許多。

When tested both the Moon Naraku and pareja people were able to subdue ties small numbers and approximate large numbers with the same relative accuracy as Westerners but they could not gauge the exact amount of many items without the aid of precise number.

在測試時，月神和帕雷亞人都能以與西方人相同的相對準確性制服領帶小數字和近似大數字，但他們在沒有精確數字的幫助下，無法衡量許多物品的確切數量。

Names subsidizing and counting are incredible capabilities of the human brain which we take for granted every day to appreciate just how fast your brain works.

名字補貼和計數是人類大腦令人難以置信的能力，我們每天都認為這是理所當然的，以欣賞你的大腦工作的速度。

I'll leave you with this, get your paws buttons ready and pause when you know how many items there are.

我給你留下這個，讓你的爪子按鈕準備好，當你知道有多少物品時，就暫停。

Go.

走吧。

The final point I'll make on this is that it seems after a number of studies that human beings are not the only ones able to make quantitative judgments about objects.

關於這一點，我最後要說的是，經過一些研究，似乎人類並不是唯一能夠對物體進行定量判斷的人。

Certain species of monkey, horse and bird can subsidize interestingly like us up to about four.

某些種類的猴子、馬和鳥類可以像我們一樣有趣地補貼到大約4個。

The best review that I found of numerical competence in animals.

我發現的關於動物數字能力的最佳評論。

Well worth a read was done in 2011 by Zanna Resnick, Ova and Boris Ryabkov, sorry for the name butchery, which I'll leave a link for in the description under work site.

非常值得一讀的是Zanna Resnick、Ova和Boris Ryabkov在2011年完成的，對不起，名字很拗口，我會在工作網站下的描述中留下鏈接。

Follow me on tumblr ask me anything on tumblr and twitter for short little thoughts, comment below and I will respond, I will respond to everyone also post this on Reddit if you like what I do and want me to keep doing it.

在tumblr上關注我，在tumblr和twitter上問我任何短小的想法，在下面評論，我會迴應，我會迴應每個人也在Reddit上發佈這個，如果你喜歡我做的事情，希望我繼續做。

That has been a great way for people to see these and just get the word about the nerd writer out there.

這是讓人們看到這些的好辦法，也是讓書呆子作家的消息傳出去的好辦法。

So if you like the nerd writer post this on Reddit and I will see you next monday.

是以，如果你喜歡這個書呆子作家，請在Reddit上發表這個帖子，我們下週一見。