Study finds twist to the story of the number line: Number line is learned, not innate human intuition
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 19:30
in Psychology & Sociology
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.