Marjorie Hecht

Jan 23, 2025 | eurasiareview.com | Marjorie Hecht

Most people learn to count and do basic arithmetic at a young age and don’t give these skills a second thought. But numerosity or numeracy, the ability to think about and use numbers, is more than a basic skill: It is what underlies the human power of abstraction, metaphor, symbolism, and the essence of thought. The connection of numerosity to language and culture is a fascinating topic.

Jan 13, 2025 | dailyguardian.com.ph | Marjorie Hecht

By Marjorie HechtNumeracy or numerosity, the ability to think about and use numbers, varies among human cultures and within populations, much like intelligence does. Many known languages, for example, have no words for numerals above 2 or 3. A linguist who curated a database of the world’s languages in 2015 estimated that of the 6,880 languages for which there are published data on numerals, 1,093 had a counting system that ends at 2 or 3.

Dec 11, 2024 | counterpunch.org | Marjorie Hecht

Numeracy or numerosity, the ability to think about and use numbers, varies among human cultures and within populations, much like intelligence does. Many known languages, for example, have no words for numerals above 2 or 3. A linguist who curated a database of the world’s languages in 2015 estimated that of the 6,880 languages for which there are published data on numerals, 1,093 had a counting system that ends at 2 or 3.

Dec 10, 2024 | nationofchange.org | Marjorie Hecht

This article was produced by Human Bridges. Marjorie Hecht is a longtime magazine editor and writer with a specialty in science topics. She is a freelance writer living on Cape Cod. Numeracy or numerosity, the ability to think about and use numbers, varies among human cultures and within populations, much like intelligence does. Many known languages, for example, have no words for numerals above 2 or 3.

Oct 14, 2024 | dailyguardian.com.ph | Marjorie Hecht

By Marjorie HechtHumans have had relationships with their pets for thousands of years, talking to them, coddling them, and imbuing them with human attributes. But are these animals “thinking,” and do nonhuman animals have the same sorts of feelings that humans have? Most people with pets would say “yes.”What does the science say? In recent decades, researchers have begun to find scientific answers to questions of consciousness for a variety of species.