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Written Language and the Brain: how humanity's most important invention came to shape our cognition and perceptions

From Egyptian hieroglyphics to the modern English alphabet, written language has existed for centuries.This cognitive epiphany did more than simply allow information to be recorded. Born of the collaboration between cultural groups, written language evolved to fit the neurologically malleable human brain, and continues to directly impact humanity’s perception of the world around them. 

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