Humans are born with brains ‘prewired’ to see words

Published on October 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.

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