Word recognition behavior can be fine-tuned by experience and practice, according to a new study by researchers in Canada. Their work shows, for the first time, that it is possible to develop visual ...

The role of components in object recognition is still mysterious 4,5,6,7. For most objects we don't even know what the components are, but we do know that words are made of letters. Is a familiar word ...

The architecture and processes underlying visual word recognition represent some of the most intricate systems in human cognition. The seemingly simple act of reading a word involves not only a ...

An unprecedented study of brain plasticity and visual perception has found that people who, as children, had undergone surgery removing half of their brain, correctly recognized differences between ...

Voice recognition technology might be becoming standard in new gadgets, but its accuracy will be what determines whether it really becomes a can’t-live-without feature. That’s one of the messages ...