"A Brain for Numbers" with Andreas Nieder (BS 170)

"A Brain for Numbers" with Andreas Nieder (BS 170)

BS 170 is an interview with Andreas Nieder, author of A Brain for Numbers: The Biology of the Number Instinct. We explore the surprising discovery that there appears to be a universal approximate number system that is shared across species and forms the basis for the symbolic mathematics that is unique to humans.

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