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Human brains can discern the basic structures of written language from a single glance — enabling us to quickly consume the torrent of information fed to us by smartphones, a new study finds.
Studying how the brain processes written messages enables scientists to understand more about the properties of language — particularly those properties that are not linked to speech, Liina Pylkkanen, a professor of linguistics and psychology at New York University, told Live Science.Studying the neurobiology of language is often made difficult by the mouth, in that it"forces us to turn the language into a sequence" of brain activity in order to speak words aloud, Pylkkänen said.
By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.The scans revealed that the brain's left temporal cortex — part of the organ's outermost layer that's key for understanding language — showed higher activity for three-word sentences than unstructured lists of words, and this activity showed up in just 125 ms.
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