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Laila, 11
Research shows different parts of the brain are used for maths and language
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Numerical minds
◼ Dear HIW,
I love the space and science sections of your magazine, and I also really love maths. I see numbers and other things associated with maths as beautiful, but a lot of people who I know don’t like numbers. I wanted to know why my brain sees maths as beautiful and why others see it in the opposite way.
Maths is all about understanding patterns, and like yourself, some people take joy from finding these within numbers. The majority of people hold the ability to notice differences in quantities, but just as some people struggle with words and might show signs of dyslexia, other people’s brains can have difficulty processing and understanding numbers.