Geometric Cognition
Research on cognitive geometry. Conscious and unconscious processes by which knowledge and experience are accumulated, through perceiving, recognizing, conceiving, and reasoning.
“The human function is to ‘discover or observe’ mathematics,” said twentieth-century British mathematician G. H.…
As far as the propositions of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and…
“God made the integers, all else is man’s work,” stated German mathematician Leopold Kronecker in…
Why do geometric shapes such as lines, circles, zig-zags, or spirals appear in all human…
Humans are unique among primates in their capacity to construct and control very complex systems…
Fractals are forms that seem similar at different sizes in the area of geometry. Shapes…
Natural surroundings have fractal patterns that recur at various size scales, and they are also…
Many of nature’s fractal objects benefit from the favorable functionality that comes from pattern repetition at various…
In 2019, a nationwide study on fundamental skills in Switzerland discovered a link between children’s spatial…
In the natural environment, the sense of smell, or olfaction, is used to identify contaminants…