Mathematics Recycles the Circuits for Approximate Number
We all have an innate representation for numbers based in the Parietal lobe and prefrontal lobes.
In humans, when we learn to perform basic arithmetic (addition and subtraction), we continue to recycle that region, but also the nearby circuitry of the posterior parietal lobe. That region is used to shift our gaze and our attention—and it seems that we reuse those skills to move in number space: adding activates the same circuits that move your attention to the right, in the direction of larger numbers, while subtracting excites circuits that shift your attention to the left.
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Erstellt: 27-04-22 13:13