researchers studied the brain activity of adults learning 150 ' nonsense ' words . Part of the brain associated with autism was examined using functional magnetic resonance imaging ( CT ) in volunteers taking part in the study . It showed the visual ##ised form area changed as people learnt fake words . Over time , neurons responded as though they were learning real words . Study showed this shows the brain is ' tuned ' to learn complete words . Researchers have dubbed this mechanism the brain 's ' visual dictionary ' It may help develop new ways of teaching people with reading disabilities .
Experts studied the brain activity of adults learning 150 'nonsense ' words . Part of the brain associated with learning was examined using functional magnetic resonance imaging ( fMRI ) in volunteers taking part in the study . It showed the visual word form area changed as people learnt fake words . Over time , neurons responded as though they were learning real words . Study said this shows the brain is 'tuned ' to recognise complete words . Researchers have dubbed this mechanism the brain 's 'visual dictionary ' It may help develop new ways of teaching people with reading disabilities .