The History of Numbers

The main topic of the text is the innate number sense in humans.

Studies on babies provide compelling evidence for the existence of the number sense.

Scientists improved the number system by adding zero and making other upgrades.

<p>A 2010 study on babies showed that they have a number sense by tracking their gaze towards different pictures of dots.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The number sense operates much faster than previously thought, resembling more of a number reflex.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Difficult and artificial</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A few thousand years ago</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Symbols for zero and other upgrades</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Babies have an instinct for numbers</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It operates faster than previously thought</p> Signup and view all the answers