If a 6-month-old can distinguish between 20 dots and 10 dots, she’s more likely to be a good at math in preschool. That’s the conclusion of a new study, which finds that part of our proficiency at ...

Signals and systems theory is a tough topic. Terms like convolution and impulse response can be hard to understand on a visceral level and most books that talk about these things emphasize math over ...

A quick glance at two, unequal groups of paper clips leads most people to immediately intuit which group has more. In a new study, researchers report that practicing this kind of simple, instinctive ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (StudyFinds.org) – Math ...

Preschool maths games can boost children’s mathematical intuition, according to a large-scale classroom study in India. Moira Dillon at New York University in New York City and her colleagues studied ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. David Bessis was drawn to mathematics for the same reason that many people are driven away: He didn’t understand how it worked. Unlike ...