Learning to read may reflect a specialized adaptation of general object recognition processes that are insensitive to right-left orientation.
Is it true that learning to read may reflect a specialized adaptation of general object recognition processes that are insensitive to right-left orientation?
Yes. Learning to read recruits pre-existing visual object recognition networks, requiring readers to override their natural insensitivity to right-left orientation.
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The retrieved literature consistently supports the hypothesis that reading acquisition builds upon generalized visual object recognition mechanisms (such as those involved in shape and orientation processing) and that learning to read requires breaking the natural mirror-invariance inherent in general object recognition.
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L, C. & S, D. (2026). The Neural Bases of Graphical Perception: A Novel Instance of Cultural Recycling?. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn.a.81
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AS, G., JA, F., & MJ, B. (2026). The reading brain - Transforming vision into language.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pneurobio.2026.102894
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M, K., K, R., & M, S. (2026). Repetition Suppression for Mirror Images of Objects and Not Braille Letters in the Ventral Visual Stream of Congenitally Blind Individuals.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1523/eneuro.0002-25.2025
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M, K., K, R., & M, S. (2024). Mirror-invariance is not exclusively visual but extends to touch.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-82350-6
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The retrieved literature consistently supports the hypothesis that reading acquisition builds upon generalized visual object recognition mechanisms (such as those involved in shape and orientation processing) and that learning to read requires breaking the natural mirror-invariance inherent in general object recognition.
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