Brain processes written words as unique 'objects,' GUMC neuroscientists say

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 11:49 in Psychology & Sociology

Washington, DC - Neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center have found that an area known to be important for reading in the left visual cortex contains neurons that are specialized to process written words as whole word units.

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