Today, you’ll learn about why our memories are so bad, the amazing logical reasoning of toddlers, and why mathematicians want to have their cake and slice it, too.

False Memory

  • False Memories For Ending of Events.” by Petar P. Raykov. 2023.
  • “Factors Affecting the Accuracy of Eyewitness Identification.” by Sheena M. Lorenza. 2023.

Logic in Toddlers

  • “Toddlers learn to reason logically before they learn to speak, according to a study by UPF.” n.a. 2023.
  • “The scope and role of deduction in infant cognition.” by Kinga Anna Bohus, et al. 2023.

Cake Cutting Math

  • “Here’s why mathematicians are so interested in cake cutting.” by Stephen Ornes. 2023.
  • “13 More Equal than Others.” YouTube Video. N.d.
  • “Rental Harmony: Sperner’s Lemma in Fair Division.” by Francis Edward Su. 1999.

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