亚马逊土著群体对几何学的核心知识
Stanislas Dehaene1, Véronique Izard, Pierre Pica
1INSERM-CEA Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit, Service Hospitalier Frédéric Joliot, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, 91401 Orsay Cedex, France. dehaene@shfj.cea.fr
概括
这项研究揭示了基本的几何直觉,就像理解点和线一样,是人类天生的能力. 这些基本的几何概念甚至出现在没有正式教育或专业语言的土著群体中.
科学领域:
- 认知科学 认知科学
- 人类学是人类学.
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
背景情况:
- 探讨跨文化的几何理解的普遍性.
- 探讨几何学是人类天生的能力还是文化上获得的知识.
研究的目的:
- 探索一个孤立的土著群体中基本的几何直觉的存在.
- 为了确定基本的几何概念是否存在独立于正规教育,符号表示或专业词汇.
主要方法:
- 利用两个非语言测试来评估几何概念原始.
- 研究了来自亚马逊土著群体蒙杜鲁库的儿童和成年人.
主要成果:
- 蒙杜鲁库的参与者展示了诸如点,直线,平行和直角等概念的自发使用.
- 参与者在几何地图中有效地使用距离,角度和感觉关系来定位物体.
结论:
- 提供了人类固有的几何直觉的证据.
- 表明基本几何概念不仅仅依赖于学校教育,图形符号或丰富的几何词汇.
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