Colloque - Justin Halberda : The Relationship Between The Approximate Number System (ANS) And Math Cognition—Evidence From Across Several Continents

Stanislas Dehaene

Chaire Psychologie cognitive expérimentale

Année 2025-2026

Collège de France

Colloque : Seeing the Mind, Educating the Brain

Theme: Numerical and Mathematical Development

The Relationship Between The Approximate Number System (ANS) And Math Cognition—Evidence From Across Several Continents

Colloque - Justin Halberda : The Relationship Between The Approximate Number System (ANS) And Math Cognition—Evidence From Across Several Continents

Justin Halberda

Résumé

What might be the relationship between our fanciest, most-recent cognitive inventions (e.g., Formal Mathematics) and our most evolutionarily ancient abilities to approximate the world (e.g., The Approximate Number System)? I will review the field's evidence, highlighting data from across 4 Continents.