Humans have an inborn, intuitive grasp of numbers that varies from one person to the next and is closely linked to advanced math skills, according to a study. In experiments with teenagers in the ...

Having a poor "gut sense" of numbers can lead to a mathematical learning disability and difficulty in achieving basic math proficiency. This inaccurate number sense is just one cause of math learning ...

A child’s ability to understand and manipulate sets of numbers in 1st grade predicts how well he or she will succeed in the math required both in secondary school and for day-to-day living, according ...

Imagine hosting a party. You arrange snacks, curate a playlist and place a variety of beers in the refrigerator. Your first guest shows up, adding a six-pack before taking one bottle for himself. You ...

Children who have a good sense of numbers also tend to have a talent for arithmetic, even before formal training. Christie Nicholson reports Some people may just be born with a talent for math. I mean ...

A new study suggests that the strength of an infant's innate sense of numerical quantities can be predictive of that child's mathematical abilities three years later. Babies who are good at telling ...

Crows recently demonstrated an understanding of the concept of zero. It’s only the latest evidence of animals’ talents for numerical abstraction — which may still differ from our own grasp of numbers.

It’s easy for kids to see math as an isolated activity. They might think of math as just counting, or adding, or something they do for 40 minutes a day at school. If we want kids to think like ...