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Babies Can Communicate with Numbers Before Talking

Human infants are born with an innate mathematical ability that allows them to count large numbers of objects more easily than groups of two or three. A new study of 4.5 month old infants' "number sense" suggests that emphasizing language before numbers is the wrong way to teach kids about the world. Babies can figure out when there's been a change in the number of a large group of objects before they can understand language. Therefore communicating with toddlers via numbers could become the best way to shape young minds. More »

7:30 AM on Thu Feb 7 2008
By Annalee Newitz
2,201 views, 23 comments

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