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tomsem · 10-27-2017, 04:02 PM

Speaking of silent reading, it turns out it is not so silent:

http://www.jneurosci.org/content/32/49/17554.full

We differ as to how different decoding speech is from decoding text, or Braille. They engage different senses for intake, but the ensuing brain activity engage more or less the same brain activity (visual/motor/auditory). It is a virtual reality summoned by means of language.

I can imagine some future technology which directly stimulates language centers, bypassing senses altogether. That would be reading, as well.

Practically speaking, there are of course differences in how one engages with the media.

10-27-2017, 04:02 PM	#56
tomsem Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,966 Karma: 27060153 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Device: iPhone 15PM, Kindle Scribe, iPad mini 6, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	Speaking of silent reading, it turns out it is not so silent: http://www.jneurosci.org/content/32/49/17554.full We differ as to how different decoding speech is from decoding text, or Braille. They engage different senses for intake, but the ensuing brain activity engage more or less the same brain activity (visual/motor/auditory). It is a virtual reality summoned by means of language. I can imagine some future technology which directly stimulates language centers, bypassing senses altogether. That would be reading, as well. Practically speaking, there are of course differences in how one engages with the media. Last edited by tomsem; 10-27-2017 at 04:04 PM.