Innate talent? New research shows that there is a link between an in-built 'number sense' and maths ability If you struggle with figures, you were probably born that way, research has suggested. Being good at mathematics may be entirely pre-destined – you either have it or you don't. And those who find the numbers never add up shouldn't feel too dim – mathematical talent does not appear to be linked to all-round intelligence. 　　

還在為自己的孩子的“奧數成績”而苦惱么？還在花重金培養孩子的數學運算能力么？最新研究表明，孩子學數學的好壞程度與后天培養并無直接關系，一切都是老天注定的，基因決定的，也就是說，孩子數學好不好，一生下來就已經注定了。那些數學不好的孩子們千萬別灰心喪氣，因為數學不好與智力無關。

Previous research has indicated that 'number sense' is basic to humans. We use it to estimate such things as the number of seats in a cinema or crowd sizes. U.S. psychologists at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore made their finding after testing children too young to have been taught mathematics. 200 four-year-olds were the subjects of one study which tested the link between maths and language abilities. 　　

之前的許多研究報告將所謂的“數字能力”與人類的智力程度聯系在一起，我們用“數字感覺”來計算在我們身邊的所有可以用來做算術題的東西，比如說電影院的座椅等等。然而，來自Johns Hopkins大學的心理學家卻認為我們讓我們的孩子過早接觸數學，有一項針對200名年僅4歲兒童的研究測試了兒童的“數字能力”與“語言能力”之間的關系。　

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