Elizabet Spaepen

Language Essential For Understanding Large Numbers

Language Essential For Understanding Large Numbers

Feb 9, 2011

New Hampshire Public Radio

Language, number concepts seen as linked

Language, number concepts seen as linked

Feb 9, 2011

United Press International (UPI)

Study: Why Language Has More to Do with Math than You Think

Study: Why Language Has More to Do with Math than You Think

Feb 9, 2011

Time

Numbers make no sense to people who can't speak a language, scientists claim

Numbers make no sense to people who can't speak a language, scientists claim

Feb 9, 2011

Daily Mail

Without Language, Large Numbers Don't Add Up

Without Language, Large Numbers Don't Add Up

Feb 9, 2011
NPR logo
Study: Math Skills Rely on Language, Not Just Logic

Study: Math Skills Rely on Language, Not Just Logic

Feb 8, 2011
Wired logo
Counting may be cultural, not innate

Counting may be cultural, not innate

Feb 8, 2011
USA Today logo
Without language, numbers make no sense

Without language, numbers make no sense

Feb 7, 2011

New Scientist

Words help people form mathematical concepts, study finds

Words help people form mathematical concepts, study finds

Feb 7, 2011

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