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Reading in the Brain
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Exhibit 51 ~ Reading

Exhibit 51 ~ Reading
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The amazing efficiency of our reading process only serves to thicken the mystery surrounding its origins. How can our brain be so well adapted to a problem for which it could not possibly have evolved? How can the brain architecture of a strange bipedal primate turned hunter-gatherer have adjusted so perfectly, and in only a few thousand years, to to the challenges of visual word recognition? To clarify this problem, we will now turn to the cerebral circuits for reading. An amazing recent discovery shows that there is a specific cortical area for written words, much like the primary auditory area or the motor cortex that exist in all our brains. Even more surprisingly perhaps, this reading area seems to be identical in readers of English, Japanese, and Italian. Does this mean that there are universal brain mechanisms for reading?

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 Dinesh
Dinesh club

The good things in life do not come only through the senses. Some of the most exhilarating experiences we undergo are generated inside the mind, triggered by information that challenges our ability to think, rather than from the use of sensory skills. As Sir Francis Bacon noted almost four hundred years ago, wonder – which is the seed of knowledge – is the reflection of the purest form of pleasure. Just as there are flow activities corresponding to every physical potential of the body, every mental operation is able to provide its own particular form of enjoyment.

Among the many intellectual pursuits available, reading is currently perhaps the most often mentioned flow activity around the world. . . Page 117


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2 years ago. Edited 2 weeks ago.
 Christa1004
Christa1004 club
A most interesting presentation of what reading is. I've never thought about, I just do it with 50 books or so per year... HBM Dinesh.
2 years ago.
Dinesh club has replied to Christa1004 club
So do I, reading is my favorite hobby. & Thank you
2 years ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
most beautiful

HBM:)
Happy new week:)
2 years ago.
 Adele
Adele club
How interesting.
HBM Dinesh
2 years ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
Reading is television in the head ! HBM and a nice week ahead, Dinesh !
2 years ago.
 Xata
Xata club
Very interesting info, so much amazing discoveries about our brains and still so much unknown...
Funny, this is my favorite reading position, friends dont understand how I can hold it at my age.
HBM Dinesh
2 years ago.
 Trudy Tuinstra
Trudy Tuinstra club
fantastic!! have a good week
2 years ago.
 HH-volker 2
HH-volker 2 club
Nice finding, reminds me to this sculpture:

www.ipernity.com/doc/hh-volker2/49996398
2 years ago. Edited 2 years ago.
 Dimas Sequeira
Dimas Sequeira club
Lovely sculpture, so suggestive about reading: your mind is in a different world from what physically surrounds you!
2 years ago.

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