A study conducted by a group of researchers in the field of linguistics and psychology at New York University showed that when a short phrase appears, our brains can immediately recognize its linguistic structure, for example, in 150 milliseconds, which is almost the same time as the time it takes for the brain to recognize a single sound. Professor Lina Belkanin stated that the results of their experiments suggest that the language comprehension system in the brain can process language analogously to visual elements, which are perceived as a single view.
"This means that the ability of the human brain to process language can be much faster than we might imagine, as during the time of listening to a single spoken fragment the brain is capable of recognizing the structure of a short phrase," added Belkanin.
The emergence of email, followed by social networks and smartphones, has led to our reading becoming faster and fragmented, with short messages constantly flickering at us through notifications on phones and internet platforms, and perhaps soon, through augmented reality.
