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From the Vault: The Origins of Numeracy

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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Is There a Number Module in the Brain?

Research suggests that babies may be using what is sometimes believed to be a number module in the brain when they're judging different quantities of objects in their visual field. But more recent research has revealed some dissimilarities between the way that brains process non symbolic numbers. This makes you wonder about like, is it possible that a crucial element in number sense is actually language, or some form of language?

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