“We first made this observation in literate and illiterate adults, but we quickly replicated our results in children who were learning to read.44 As soon as a child begins to read, the visual word form area begins to respond in the left hemisphere. Meanwhile its symmetrical counterpart, in the right hemisphere, strengthens its response to faces.”

“We first made this observation in literate and illiterate adults, but we quickly replicated our results in children who were learning to read.44 As soon as a child begins to read, the visual word form area begins to respond in the left hemisphere. Meanwhile its symmetrical counterpart, in the right hemisphere, strengthens its response to faces.”

— Stanislas Dehaene