Edutopia – Holly Korbey
“The human brain was never designed to read, and unlike areas dedicated to language and music, there is no “reading center” of the brain and no identifiable “reading genes” in human cells. Humans invented reading and writing just a little over 5,000 years ago, essentially rewiring existing brain structures dedicated to vision and language into a specialized circuit to quickly scan visual symbols and turn them into meaning.” (more)