Rob Ashton on the Science of Writing
The Informed Life
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Learning to Read
We co-opt structures in the brain to create an extensive network that allows us to read. We pick up our native language just by hearing other people speak, and we even pick up most of the rules of grammar without being told. The eye has a very, very small field of of fine visual acuity - only enough to focus on between four and 15 letters at a time.
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