Behavioural studies have revealed that the processing and representation of numerical magnitude are qualitatively similar across species and across human development. Reliable effects such as the ...

Zero is fascinating. Often perceived as an absence, it nevertheless reveals an unexpected complexity. How does the human brain react to this abstract idea? Researchers have discovered that specific ...

Now our new study shows that honeybees too can learn to match symbols and numerosities, much like we humans do with Arabic and Roman numerals. Language is the ability to learn and use a system of ...

A system of symbolic classification is formulated through analysis which consists basically of two operations: of selecting the data which are its object and of rendering them meaningful. As these two ...