Representations of space, time, and number in neonates.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
; 111(13): 4809-13, 2014 Apr 01.
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ABSTRACT
A rich concept of magnitude--in its numerical, spatial, and temporal forms--is a central foundation of mathematics, science, and technology, but the origins and developmental relations among the abstract concepts of number, space, and time are debated. Are the representations of these dimensions and their links tuned by extensive experience, or are they readily available from birth? Here, we show that, at the beginning of postnatal life, 0- to 3-d-old neonates reacted to a simultaneous increase (or decrease) in spatial extent and in duration or numerical quantity, but they did not react when the magnitudes varied in opposite directions. The findings provide evidence that representations of space, time, and number are systematically interrelated at the start of postnatal life, before acquisition of language and cultural metaphors, and before extensive experience with the natural correlations between these dimensions.
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Percepção Espacial
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Matemática
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Newborn
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En
Ano de publicação:
2014
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Article