Subitizing: The Superpower You Didn't Know You Have

Subitizing is a mathematical superpower you didn't know you have, but it shapes the culture around you and across the globe. Here's how scientists study it, and how you can expand your number cognition.

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[Deco]

I have been asking myself about this, especially why I have trouble to guess a quantity of itens on a list. Super interesting video! I would like to see more about numerical cognition

[KathySierraVideo]

Soooo interesting, thank-you! I’m fascinated by the ideas of implicit, tacit, perceptual knowledge and as an animal “trainer”, it’s amazing how seemingly accurate horses and dogs are for “recognizing” when one animal has more food in their bowl than they do 😅. I’m assuming they have developed quite subtle pattern detection that lets them recognize “he’s got more than me” at quantities way past subitizing limits. 💁‍♀️
Again, thank-you for your videos 🙏

[Rocksaplenty]

I got the 11! With bigger batches I subitize a batch then another one, and if I keep doing areas I can get close enough to the actual count in my daily life! I use this with yard work, various things sitting around, just sorta... For fun. Unfortunately I don't know how many I can do at once before this semi-accidental training. I think my max is probably 11-15 at most.

It feels awkward to mention this, but I scored a 163+ on a state DB5 test for IQ, and it's genuinely hard for me to find information on how I can use that to more effectively live for me and others. I have various handicaps which led to the testing. It might also give me blind spots to how other people perceive events, and be a handicap in some aspects. I think content on the subject is sparse, and your style would be awesome to learn from on it!

Your scriptwriting is very good. I have a tiny suggestion, if you had a habit of ending a take in the intended pose (or close to it) then matching it, might make the video more... Smooth? I don't think it would need to be exact. As a bonus, you mentioned inattentional blindness, and I feel like for long time viewers it would be an awesome extra factor to add to that video. "Did you notice all the cuts ended in x way?"

Take care!