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May. 27, 2011
Are Math Skills Built In To The Human Brain?
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| 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. |
Produced by Christopher Intagliata, Associate Senior Producer
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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
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