One historic debate has centered on this question: Do we begin life as a blank slate (needing to learn virtually everything), or are we born with certain innate knowledge? It’s a hard thing to test, given that babies can’t communicate very effectively. But scientists have designed some clever experiments suggesting that babies do, in fact, have an innate sense for numbers—they can see and perceive numbers.
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The earliest signs of autism in babies and toddlers are subtle, but knowing what to look for can make a big difference. While most children are diagnosed at 5 or…