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Jessica Cantlon
Assistant Professor
Arts, Sciences, and Engineering
Department of Brain And Cognitive Sciences
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Press contact:
Susan Hagen
susan.hagen@rochester.edu
585.276.4061
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Quantitative Abilities Documented in Baboons
May 21, 2013
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
Jessica Cantlon's research about math, not monkey business
May 14, 2013
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'Monkey Math' Allows Baboons to Estimate Numbers
May 10, 2013
Mars Daily
Monkey math
May 07, 2013
News Releases
Your Brain on Big Bird
December 31, 2012
Biography
Jessica studies the origins of number concepts in young children and non-human primates using cognitive and neuroimaging methods in order to understand the primitive sources of numerical knowledge that allow humans to develop a sophisticated repertoire of mathematical skills.