Andreas Nieder Quotes

“The I-PFC extends between the longitudinal cerebral fissure that divides the two cerebral hemispheres and the lateral fissure below.
This region receives processed multimodal information and has been described as a place "where past and future meet" by associating memories from the past with future actions.”
― Andreas Nieder, A Brain for Numbers: The Biology of the Number Instinct

“Life without numbers is inconceivable for us. How else would we count objects, tell time, calculate prices, and so on? Our scientifically and technically advanced culture simply would not exist without numbers.”
― Andreas Nieder, A Brain for Numbers: The Biology of the Number Instinct

“One of the key findings over the past decades is that our number faculty is deeply rooted in our biological ancestry, and not based on our ability to use language.”
― Andreas Nieder, A Brain for Numbers: The Biology of the Number Instinct