16.500, Media: Nature: Maths Skills Survive Linguistic Damage

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Subject: 16.500, Media: Nature: Maths Skills Survive Linguistic Damage

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Date: 15-Feb-2005
From: Ella Earp-Lynch < ella at alumni.concordia.ca >
Subject: Nature: Maths Skills Survive Linguistic Damage 

	
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Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 18:23:11
From: Ella Earp-Lynch < ella at alumni.concordia.ca >
Subject: Nature: Maths Skills Survive Linguistic Damage 
 

The science journal "Nature" reports on their website that researchers at
the University of Sheffield have found that three test subjects with severe
aphasia have retained their capacity to 'parse' mathematical statements. 
Full findings are published in the "Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences", but a layperson's précis can be read at:

http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050214/full/050214-3.html (news @ nature.com) 
Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science





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