The concept is the same, but the applications are different. This evolution was necessary for the development of mathematics, and important for other scientific disciplines too.

Marta Ponari ¹, Courtenay Frazier Norbury ², Armand Rotaru ³, Alessandro Lenci ⁴, Gabriella Vigliocco ³, Learning abstract words and concepts, Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, Vol. 373 ...

Louise Connell, Dermot Lynott, Briony Banks, Interoception, Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, Vol. 373, No. 1752, Theme issue: Varieties of abstract concepts: development, use and ...

The second dimension defines abstract concepts in terms of reference, either to self or an external source. For example, spirituality refers to self, while causality is external to the self.

Life Wasps can grasp abstract concepts such as 'same' and 'different' Paper wasps can be trained to choose between pairs of stimuli that are either alike or different, suggesting the propensity ...

A machine learning model used neural decoding to show how we think about abstract concepts like electrical current and diffraction. The results could change how we teach physics. Share on Facebook ...

Paper wasps form abstract concept of ‘same and different’. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2022; 289 (1979) DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.1156 ...