New research reveals people have a so-called "sixth sense." No, it’s not the ability to see dead people. Think more ... Rain Man. It’s referred to as “numerosity"—or number sense. Scientists have reportedly found a region of the brain that has a sort of “map” for perceiving numbers.
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New research reveals people have a so-called ‘sixth sense.’ No, it’s not the ability to see dead people. Think more...Rain Man. It’s referred to as “numerosity” — or number sense. Scientists have reportedly found a region of the brain that has a sort of “map” for perceiving numbers. (Via The Huffington Post ) Basically it’s the ability to look at a group of items and tell how many there are without actually counting each individual one. LiveScience reports participants were placed in an MRI scanner and looked at a series of dots over time. From one dot, then two dots, all the way up to eight dots. An advanced imaging method allowed researchers to see how each participant’s brains reacted — and it was actually quite organized. The small number of dots were represented in one area of the brain while the larger numbers were represented in another. NPR explains, like the other five senses, numerosity appears to originate in a specific part of the brain. And the better you are at number sensing the better you tend to do on standardized tests. The researchers haven’t come across a person with the same number sense as Dustin Hoffman’s character in Rain Man, but say the amount of skill can vary among individuals. | Newsy #end.
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