Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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A new study from Ohio State University indicates our innate language skills include perceiving letters and words, but that must have predated written languages.

News story
https://news.osu.edu/humans-are-born-with-brains-prewired-to-see-words/

Journal paper
nature.com/articles/s41598-020-75015-7#Abs1