The pandemic killed a million Americans. But the human brain is terrible at big numbers
The brain can count small numbers or compare large ones. But it struggles to understand the value of a single...
Lindsey Hasak (she/her) is a 4th year doctoral candidate and a Bio-X Fellow in the Stanford Graduate School of Education, working with the Stanford Educational Neuroscience Initiative. Her research explores the development of multisensory integration as it relates to early literacy skills. She works in partnership research with the Brainwave Learning Center at Synapse School in Menlo Park, CA.
Liz Toomarian, PhD, is the Director of the Brainwave Learning Center at Synapse School and a Research Associate in the Educational Neuroscience Initiative at Stanford University. As an educational neuroscientist, she strives to bring together neuroscience researchers with educational practitioners to better understand and improve the learning process.
The brain can count small numbers or compare large ones. But it struggles to understand the value of a single...