Humans are born with brains 'prewired' to see words.

KARACHI -- 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" 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 to language. The VWFA is specialized for...

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