Adult Brain Processes Fractions 'Effortlessly'
Wednesday, April 8, 2009 - 22:28
in Psychology & Sociology
Although fractions are thought to be a difficult mathematical concept to learn, the adult brain encodes them automatically without conscious thought, according to new research. The study shows that cells in the intraparietal sulcus and the prefrontal cortex -- brain regions important for processing whole numbers -- are tuned to respond to particular fractions.