Language Magazine – Staff Writer
“The researchers analyzed MRI scans on 40 newborns and 40 adults in order to map out regions of the brain and determine which areas are functionally connected to each other. The VWFA is located close to other parts of the brain that are used in the visualization of faces and other objects—prior to the study, some had hypothesized that its function in preliterate individuals was similar to that of its surrounding regions and that it only becomes specialized as children learn how to read. The results of this study paint a different picture, however.” (more)