- November 23, 2009
- 01:46 PM
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La intuición matemática como instinto básico de los primates (1ª parte).
by César Tomé López in Experientia docet
En una revisión publicada en Trends in Cognitive Sciences [1], Jessica Cantlon, actualmente en la Universidad de Rochester, y sus colaboradores, analizan las últimas investigaciones que apuntan a que la capacidad para las matemáticas es innata en los prrimates, incluido el hombre. Tradicionalmente se ha pensado que aprendemos a usar los números de la misma forma que aprendemos a conducir un coche o a escribir un SMS usando uno o dos pulgares. Desde este punto de vista, los números son una ........ Read more »
CANTLON, J., PLATT, M., & BRANNON, E. (2009) Beyond the number domain. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 13(2), 83-91. DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2008.11.007
Izard, V., Sann, C., Spelke, E., & Streri, A. (2009) Newborn infants perceive abstract numbers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106(25), 10382-10385. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0812142106
Cantlon, J., & Brannon, E. (2007) Basic Math in Monkeys and College Students. PLoS Biology, 5(12). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050328
Halberda, J., Mazzocco, M., & Feigenson, L. (2008) Individual differences in non-verbal number acuity correlate with maths achievement. Nature, 455(7213), 665-668. DOI: 10.1038/nature07246
- January 14, 2008
- 05:26 PM
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Monkeys master mental math
by Noah Gray in Action Potential
Researchers explore how well a non-human primate can do math in its head.... Read more »
Cantlon, J., & Brannon, E. (2007) Basic Math in Monkeys and College Students. PLoS Biology, 5(12). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050328
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