When we look at a known word, our brain sees it like a picture, not a group of letters needing to be processed. That's the finding from a Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) study ...

The cursive script is so clogged and swabbed by the surrounding field of pigment that the words look like they’re gasping for air. They’re struggling to come out.

This word looks like it means blithe, lazy, and/or disinterested, like someone idly pulling the petals off a daisy, but it actually means “to express regret or deprecation.” 5 / 11 Emma ...

When we look at a known word, our brain sees it like a picture, not a group of letters needing to be processed. ... (2015, March 24). After learning new words, brain sees them as pictures.