When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The brain holds a "visual dictionary" of words we have read, allowing quick recognition without ...

A new study finds that skilled readers do not rely on sounds when reading but rather retrieve words purely from a “visual dictionary.” The research, conducted by neuroscientists at Georgetown ...

Understanding reading When we read, our brains are instantly able to recognise words because we have stored them in a 'visual dictionary', say researchers. Their findings, which are likely to be hotly ...

The Visual Dictionary web site catalogs photographs of words (from signs to graffiti to tattoos) and makes them searchable by the word they contain. While it's still fairly young, the Visual ...

The uniquely human ability to read is the cornerstone of modern civilization, yet very little is understood about the effortless ability to derive meaning from written words. Scientists have now ...

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