FeaturedNeurosciencePsychologyVisual Neuroscience·September 6, 2023·4 min readJersey Numbers and Perception: How Numbers Impact Our View of Athlete PhysiqueA new study confirms that football wide receivers wearing jersey numbers between 10 and 19 are perceived as slimmer than those wearing 80-89, even with identical body sizes. This phenomenon suggests our brains use statistical associations between numbers and sizes to determine body size perception.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 8, 2022·5 min readWords Are Needed to Think About NumbersIn order to represent an exact quantity higher than four, people need to have words for those numbers.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·July 30, 2021·5 min readWhy Animals Recognize Numbers but Only Humans Can Do MathWhile the response to numbers may be an evolutionary trait we share with some animals, our ability to perceive language and digits underpins our advanced mathematical skills.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 25, 2019·3 min readBabies understand counting years earlier than believedCounting directs an infant's attention to numerical aspects of their environment, proving they recognize counting as numerically relevant years before acquiring the meaning of number words.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 28, 2019·4 min readLefty, righty brains count on same area for numbersA new study debunks the popular myth that handedness plays a role in the lateralization of number processing in the brain. The study revealed, regardless of which is your dominant hand, the brain's location for number processing is the same.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 22, 2013·4 min readBaby’s Innate Number Sense Predicts Future Math SkillBabies who are able to tell the difference between large and small groups of items prior to learning how to count are more likely to be proficient in mathematics later in life, a new study reports.Read More
Neuroscience Intros·April 25, 2012·1 min readBrain May Not Be Hard Wired to Link Numbers and SpaceNeuroscience Intro: This is an introduction to an article posted on another website. The full article is available at the...Read More
