Via Science Friday on NPR: Are Math Skills Built In To The Human Brain?

Are Math Skills Built In To The Human Brain?

Psychologist Véronique Izard discusses a study that suggests Amazonian villagers with no math schooling are just as equipped to solve basic geometry problems as math-trained adults, and cognitive neuropsychologist Brian Butterworth talks about the arithmetic cousin of dyslexia, dyscalculia.      

Guests

Brian Butterworth
Former Chair, Center for Educational Neuroscience
Emeritus Professor, Cognitive Neuropsychology
University College London
London, England
Veronique Izard
Research Scientist
French National Center for Scientific Research
Paris Descartes University
Paris, France