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Core Knowledge of Geometry in an Amazonian Indigene Group

Published:2006-01-20 Issue:5759 Volume:311 Page:381-384
ISSN:0036-8075
Container-title:Science
language:en
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Author:

Dehaene Stanislas¹²³⁴,Izard Véronique¹²³⁴,Pica Pierre¹²³⁴,Spelke Elizabeth¹²³⁴

Affiliation:

1. INSERM-CEA Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit, Service Hospitalier Frédéric Joliot, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, 91401 Orsay Cedex, France.

2. Collège de France, 11, place Marcelin Berthelot, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France.

3. Unité Mixte de Recherche 7023 “Formal Structure of Language,” CNRS and Paris VIII University, Paris, France.

4. Psychology Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

Abstract

Does geometry constitute a core set of intuitions present in all humans, regardless of their language or schooling? We used two nonverbal tests to probe the conceptual primitives of geometry in the Mundurukú, an isolated Amazonian indigene group. Mundurukú children and adults spontaneously made use of basic geometric concepts such as points, lines, parallelism, or right angles to detect intruders in simple pictures, and they used distance, angle, and sense relationships in geometrical maps to locate hidden objects. Our results provide evidence for geometrical intuitions in the absence of schooling, experience with graphic symbols or maps, or a rich language of geometrical terms.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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