Spatial-numerical cognition refers to the cognitive processes that underpin the representation of numerical magnitudes within a spatial framework. Often conceptualised as a ‘mental number line’, this ...

An understanding of numbers is often viewed as a distinctly human faculty—a hallmark of our intelligence that, along with language, sets us apart from all other animals. Practically every animal that ...

AMHERST, Mass. - Cognitive neuroscience researcher Joonkoo Park at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, who recently received a five-year, $751,000 faculty early career development (CAREER) grant ...

Source: Ratz Attila, Dreamstime, free download. I've long been interested in the numerical competency of nonhuman animals (animals) and whether they can count in their own specific ways. 1 It turns ...

At a quick glance, could you tell the difference between a group of 20 dots and a group of 30? What about 20 and 21? It seems like there must be a point at which you'd simply be guessing, but recent ...

One of the most important questions in the young field of numerical cognition studies is how humans bridge the gap between the quantity-related content produced by our evolutionary ancient brains and ...

For centuries, humans have assumed that our thinking errors set us apart from the rest of the animal kingdom. From misjudging risks to seeing patterns that aren’t there, we like to imagine that our ...