The language of geometry: Fast comprehension of geometrical primitives and rules in human adults and preschoolers.

During language processing, humans form complex embedded representations from sequential inputs. Here, we ask whether a "geometrical language" with recursive embedding also underlies the human ability to encode sequences of spatial locations. We introduce a novel paradigm in which subjects...

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Main Authors: Marie Amalric, Liping Wang, Pierre Pica, Santiago Figueira, Mariano Sigman, Stanislas Dehaene
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5305265?pdf=render

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