Math is famously divisive. Some people like to say they’re not “math people” if they have trouble with the subject (though, that might not actually be a healthy approach). Well, guess who have turned ...

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Bees are certified math whizzes, with scientists now discovering that these tiny insects are capable of associating symbols with the numbers they represent. It's well-known that bees are quite adept ...

For the first time ever, Stanford scientists have pinpointed a precise spot in the brain responsible for recognition of numerical symbols – such as “6” or “38.” The cluster of neurons, measuring only ...

A new experiment in which bees were trained to associate symbols with numbers suggests we can communicate with insects in ways not thought possible. An Australian-French collaboration is claiming to ...

Now our new study shows that honeybees too can learn to match symbols and numerosities, much like we humans do with Arabic and Roman numerals. Language is the ability to learn and use a system of ...

Behavioural studies have revealed that the processing and representation of numerical magnitude are qualitatively similar across species and across human development. Reliable effects such as the ...

Two studies in the Jan. 18, 2007, issue of the journal Neuron, published by Cell Press, shed significant light on how the brain processes numerical information -- both abstract quantities and their ...