In the brain, Chinese and English are more similar than they look on paper.
Scientists have long known the complex processes involved in reading for languages that involve alphabets, but now, a new study has looked at the processes and brain activity involved in character-based languages like Chinese. The upshot? The brain circuitry for alphabet-based languages and character-based languages is remarkably similar. This finding could have implications for treating reading disorders across many different languages.
中文和英文看起來很不一樣,但在我們的大腦中,這兩種語言卻很相似。
科學家早就清楚了解閱讀字母語言的整個複雜程序,而最近,一項新的研究嘗試探討閲讀符號語言,如中文的過程,所涉及的大腦活動。結果顯示,不論是以字母爲基礎還是以符號爲基礎的語言,它們在大腦内的神經電路極為相似。這項發現對解決和治療不同語言的閱讀障礙問題有重大意義。
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