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Why the Human Brain Perceives Small Numbers Better

2024/4/17
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Quanta Science Podcast

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The discovery that the brain has different systems for representing small and large numbers provokes new questions about memory, attention and mathematics. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Quasi Motion” by Kevin MacLeod.