The brain reads words not letters


	The brain reads words not letters

ericw

5-9-2006 12:28 PM

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brains, reading, cambridge, gestalt, words, psychology, study

ericw says:

flashbacks of studying gestalt psychology...

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5-9-2006 12:36 PM

aerynvala

I love the redundancy inherent in Natural Languages. One of the major blocks to creating a successful conlang is that redundancy issue. It evolves naturally in Natural Languages, with a conlang it is much harder.

Anyway, it's one of the many things I love about language.

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