The Writer Who Could Not Read

When I first saw this article at Huffington Post I was baffled and wondered how that was possible. This story will make you grateful you can read. The whole idea is pretty mind boggling to me.  The neuroscientist who created this cartoon put it in as simple terms as possible. Basically we read with our brains and not with our eyes alone.  There’s a separate part of the brain for reading and a separate one for writing.

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2 Responses to The Writer Who Could Not Read

  1. 365days2play says:

    Amazing. The human brain is just amazing. We have to be grateful for how advanced our brains are.

  2. bookjunkie says:

    it gives me a whole new appreciation for the ability to read and process.

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