Amazon Children “Spontaneously” Understand Geometry

January 19, 2006

Pierre Pica

Children of an isolated Indian group in the Amazon jungle have a seemingly natural understanding of geometry concepts, even though their language doesn’t have words for them, according to a new study.
(Read the rest of my article in National Geographic News, January 19, 2006)

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