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A new study has revealed that adaptation mechanisms of the brain while recognizing faces are similar when perceiving alphabets.
Dr. Gyula Kovacs, from Friedrich Schiller University Jena, said that faces are of tremendous importance for human beings, which is why in the course of the evolution, our visual perception has specialized in the recognition of faces in particular.
According to the study, these distinct adaptations are because of the neuronal plasticity of the brain, which allows us to adapt to environmental stimuli.
The study found that the brain activity adapts to the visual perception of characters in the course of the measurements and the reading and writing experience of a person is responsible for this adaptation.
The study was published in The Journal of Neuroscience.
What is the brain?
Is the center of the nervous system. It is present in the head, and is positioned so that it is closest to main nervous functions like seeing, hearing, tasting, and smelling. It is packed with neurons, that help relay commands from and to the rest of the body. The brain extends down into the spinal column which then spreads to the entire body. The brain is responsible for mitigating all functions in the body from breathing to digestion. It is made up of two types of matter grey matter and white matter. It is protected by the skull and is surrounded by cerebro-spinal fluid. This fluid's main function is to protect the brain from sudden jerks and trauma. The brain also has a protective outer layer called the meninges, which also protects the spinal cord.
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