
From the Vault: The Origins of Numeracy
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Cognitive scientist, raphael nunez of the university of california at san diego. He has an idea to make sense of research with animals and babies showing some limited numerical distinctions they can make. His idea is that humans naturally tend to process quantities in terms of a logarhythmic scale rather than an arithmetic scale. Viab logical evolution alone, nunyas said.
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