Becca & Georgie
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first heard May 2026
last heard 14 May
Becca & Georgie’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Rebecca says that our brains haven't evolved to include a dedicated reading brain.
Dedicated here means designed and used for one particular purpose.
Right.
Learning to read means using lots of different parts of the brain that are designed for other things, and this changes our brain structure compared to someone who hasn't learned to read.
Research suggests that learning to read these symbols activates different areas of the brain to reading an alphabet-based system.
Marianne Wolfe explains more to the BBC World Service.
The visual qualities of Chinese symbols inevitably mean more visual areas of the brain are developed.
Inevitably means in a way that cannot be stopped or avoided.
I said 1.3 million.
And you were correct!
Yay!
The book also contains lots of very long sentences, including one with over 900 words.
Dedicated can describe something that is designed and used for one particular purpose.
If you co-opt someone or something, you involve them, sometimes against their will.
A circuit is a system of connections, for example, in the brain.
Inevitably means in a way that cannot be stopped or avoided.
And intricate describes something which has lots of detail.
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