The Brain

摘要

Numbers make modem lite possible. "In a world without numbers," University of Rochester neuroscientist Jessica Cantlon and her colleagues recently observed in the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences, "we would be unable to build a skyscraper, hold a national election, plan a wedding, or pay for a chicken at the market."rnThe central role of numbers in our world testifies to the brain's uncanny ability to recognize and understand them-and Cantlon is among the researchers trying to find out exactly how that skill works.