Skilled readers rely on their brain's 'visual dictionary' to recognize words
Monday, November 14, 2011 - 16:33
in Psychology & Sociology
Skilled readers can recognize words at lightning fast speed when they read because the word has been placed in a visual dictionary of sorts, say Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) neuroscientists. The visual dictionary idea rebuts the theory that our brain "sounds out" words each time we see them.