United Press International - NewsTrack - 'Word-vision' brain area confirmed

Scientists confirm the function of the creatively named Visual Word Form Area (VWFA) of the brain: United Press International - NewsTrack - 'Word-vision' brain area confirmed

French neuroscientists have ended a long controversy, confirming a specific area of the human brain plays a causal role in our ability to recognize words.

Humans have an uncanny ability to skim through text, instantly recognizing words by their shape -- even though writing developed only about 6000 years ago, long after humans evolved.