The brain sees words, even nonsense ones, as pictures
![visual word form area](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Riesenhuber20image.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
In the visual word form area, shown in the red box, strings of letters that make words are processed as pictures.
In the visual word form area, shown in the red box, strings of letters that make words are processed as pictures.