In this review, we are pitting two theories against each other: the more accepted theory, the
number sense theory, suggesting that a sense of number is innate and non-symbolic …

Humans and non-human primates share an elemental quantification system that resides in a
dedicated neural network in the parietal and frontal lobes. In this cortical network,'number …

A visual scene is perceived in terms of visual objects. Similar ideas have been proposed for
the analogous case of auditory scene analysis, although their hypothesized neural …

Our understanding of how the human brain performs mathematical calculations is far from
complete, but in recent years there have been many exciting breakthroughs by scientists all …

Attaching meaning to arbitrary symbols (ie words) is a complex and lengthy process. In the
case of numbers, it was previously suggested that this process is grounded on two early pre …

Part of human cortex is specialized for cultural domains such as reading and arithmetic,
whose invention is too recent to have influenced the evolution of our species …

The development of sub-disciplines within cognitive neuroscience follows common sense
categories such as language, audition, action, memory, emotion and perception among …

Number symbols have allowed humans to develop superior mathematical skills that are a
hallmark of technologically advanced cultures. Findings in animal cognition, developmental …

El cerebro humano es una máquina extraordinaria, capaz de transformarse a sí misma a
partir de la experiencia y de albergar talentos que nos vuelven únicos como especie …

A striking way in which humans differ from non-human primates is in their ability to represent
numerical quantity using abstract symbols and to use these'mental tools' to perform skills …