By Elena Dusi (la Repubblica)
Ask a baby if he feels good at math.
At three months, he may not be able to answer you, but his brain speaks for him.
And Giulia Gennari, a 31-year-old neuroscientist from Parma, graduated from Padua and conducting research between Paris and New York, is there to listen.
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We discovered that, from the age of three months, children are able to distinguish numbers.
They have a real sixth sense.
They recognize them in an abstract way.
Whether you show them 12 balloons or make them listen to 12 musical notes during their waking or sleeping phase, it is always the same group of neurons that are activated in their brain.
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Today, knowing how to calculate seems to us to be a useless luxury.
But in the evolution of a living being, it is extremely important to be able to recognize quantities.
Even ants, fish and chicks would have some ability to count.
The question of knowing…
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