The number sense : how the mind creates mathematics /

• Main Author: Dehaene, Stanislas
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
• Subjects: Number concept.; Mathematics > Study and teaching > Psychological aspects.; Mathematical ability.; Concept de nombre.; Math�ematiques > �Etude et enseignement > Aspect psychologique.; Aptitude pour les math�ematiques.; MATHEMATICS > History & Philosophy.; Getalbegrip.; Abstraktes Denken; Neuropsychologie; Zahlbegriff; Entwicklung; Psychologie; Rechenf�ahigkeit; Nombre, Id�ee de.; Electronic books.

Dehaene, a mathematician turned cognitive neuropsychologist, begins with the eye-opening discovery that animals, including rats, pigeons, raccoons, and chimpanzees, can perform simple mathematical calculations. He goes on to describe ingenious experiments that show that human infants also have a rud...