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Children’s brains are prewired to see words, study suggests – News-Medical.Net
Humans are born with a part of the brain that is prewired to be receptive to seeing words and letters, setting the stage at birth for people to learn how to read,…
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Oct 22 2020
Humans are born with a part of the brain that is prewired to be receptive to seeing words and letters, setting the stage at birth for people to learn how to read, a new study suggests.
Analyzing brain scans of newborns, researchers found that this part of the brain – called the “visual word form area” (VWFA) – is connected to the language network of the brain.
That makes it fertile ground to develop a sensitivity to visual words – even before any exposure…
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