Language and the algebraic mind.

Natural language is often depicted as the sine qua non of mathematical thinking, a view buttressed by findings of language-of-training effects among bilinguals. These findings, however, have been limited to studies of arithmetic. Here, we asked whether algebraic thinking differs. We trained Chinese–...

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Published in:	Memory & Cognition Vol. 54; no. 1; pp. 59 - 73
Main Authors:	Qin, Jike, Opfer, John E.
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Jan2026
Subjects:	Language & languages Problem solving Multilingualism Cognition Mathematics Replication (Experimental design) Pilot projects Experimental design Data analysis software Confidence intervals
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