Study Finds Twist to the Story of the Number Line

Challenging a mainstream scholarly position, a study suggests that the number-line concept is not innate but learned and that precise numbers can exist in a culture without linear representation. Related work shows there is another way to think about time too - one that does not rely on placing past and future on a line, or use the body as a reference point.

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