Skilled Readers Rely on Their Brain's "Visual Dictionary"... | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From explore.georgetown.edu - November 22, 2011 9:33 PM

Skilled readers can recognize words at lightning fast speed when they read because the word has been placed in a visual dictionary of sorts, say Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) neuroscientists. The visual dictionary idea rebuts the theory that our brain “sounds out” words each time we see them.