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Math, monkeys, and the developing brain

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AuthorsJessica F. Cantlon
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Year2012
Citekeycantlon2012math

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Published inProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
PublisherNational Academy of Sciences
Volume109
Issuesupplement_1
Pages10725--10732

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DOI10.1073/pnas.1201893109
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Abstract

Thirty thousand years ago, humans kept track of numerical quantities by carving slashes on fragments of bone. It took approximately 25,000 y for the first iconic written numerals to emerge among human cultures (e.g., Sumerian cuneiform). Now, children acquire the meanings of verbal counting words, Arabic numerals, written number words, and the procedures of basic arithmetic operations, such as addition and subtraction, in just 6 y (between ages 2 and 8). What cognitive abilities enabled our ancestors to record tallies in the first place? Additionally, what cognitive abilities allow children to rapidly acquire the formal mathematics knowledge that took our ancestors many millennia to invent? Current research aims to discover the origins and organization of numerical information in humans using clues from child development, the organization of the human brain, and animal cognition.

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@misc{cantlon2012math,
  title        = {Math, monkeys, and the developing brain},
  author       = {Jessica F. Cantlon},
  year         = {2012},
  journal      = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},
  publisher    = {National Academy of Sciences},
  volume       = {109},
  number       = {supplement_1},
  pages        = {10725--10732},
  doi          = {10.1073/pnas.1201893109},
}

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