Long before they are able to walk or talk, babies as young as six to nine months old may have fledgling math skills, according to a new study.

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel guaged babies’ reactions to a puppet show, concluding that the babies detected a change in the number of puppets before them.

“These findings show that the brain network involved in error detection can be identified in infancy,” write Andrea Berger, PhD, and colleagues. Berger’s team isn’t suggesting that even the smartest infant is ready for hard-core math, but write that “our data indicate that the basic brain circuitry involved in the detection of errors is already functional before the end of the first year of life.” …

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