A brain for numbers : the biology of the number instinct / Andreas Nieder.

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"How our intuitive understanding of numbers is deeply rooted in our biology, traceable through both evolution and development. Humans' understanding of numbers is intuitive. Infants are able to estimate and calculate even before they learn the words for numbers. How have we come to possess this tale...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nieder, Andreas (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Number concept in animals > History.
Mathematical ability.
Cognitive neuroscience.
Number concept in animals.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xv, 376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Conceptual foundations
  • Part II: Number deeply rooted in our ancestry
  • Part III: Numerical quantity in the brain
  • Part IV: Number symbols
  • Part V: Development
  • Part VI: The brain departing from empirical reality
  • Epilogue