Numbers and Brains
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Your brain seems to treat numbers and words very differently (even if the number is written as a word!). So says cognitive neuropsychologist Brian Butterworth.
See another film we did with Brian about dyscalculia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_Hqdqe84Uc
Professor Brian Butterworth is based at University College London.
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