Smaller numbers should pull your attention downward. At least, that’s what many studies on mental number lines suggested. But when Japanese researchers tested this assumption, they discovered ...

Although the actual number of items differs, the brain exhibits similar activity patterns when focusing on an extra-small (XS) quantity among packs with few items (small set) and when focusing on an ...

New research reveals the unique human ability to conceptualize numbers may be rooted deep within the brain. Further, the results of the study by Oregon Health & Science University involving ...

Lateralization of the brain – the tendency for the left and right hemispheres to specialize in different functions – underlies the development of a left-to-right mental number line, according to a ...