Numerical Concepts And Language May Be Linked

Friday, March 18, 2011 - 04:21 in Mathematics & Economics

Language may have an undervalued role in learning the meanings of numbers.   A study based on research using deaf people in Nicaragua who never learned formal sign language showed that people who communicate using self-developed gestures (homesigns) were unable to comprehend the value of numbers greater than three because they had not learned a language containing symbols used for counting. read more

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