Ability to estimate quantity increases in first 30 years of life
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 - 15:00
in Psychology & Sociology
One of the basic elements of cognition -- the ability to estimate quantities -- grows more precise across the first 30 years or more of a person's life, according to researchers. This intuitive grasp of numbers, also called an approximate number sense, or ANS, is tied to concrete math skills at every stage of life, the researchers found.