2013-01-26
[public] 190K views, 5.25K likes, 23.0 dislikes audio only
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.
More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓
See another film we did with Brian about dyscalculia: /youtube/video/p_Hqdqe84Uc
Professor Brian Butterworth is based at University College London.
Check out PsyFile - all about pschology and neuroscience and also by Brady: https://www.youtube.com/user/psyfile
NUMBERPHILE
Website: http://www.numberphile.com/
Numberphile on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/numberphile
Numberphile tweets: https://twitter.com/numberphile
Subscribe: http://bit.ly/Numberphile_Sub
Videos by Brady Haran
Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/numberphile
Brady's videos subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/BradyHaran/
Brady's latest videos across all channels: http://www.bradyharanblog.com/
Sign up for (occasional) emails: http://eepurl.com/YdjL9
Numberphile T-Shirts: https://teespring.com/stores/numberphile
Other merchandise: https://store.dftba.com/collections/numberphile