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title: The brain sees words, even nonsense ones, as pictures
description: "Article on brain encoding of words as images. [https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/brain-sees-words-even-nonsense-ones-pictures](https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/brain-sees-words-even-nonsense-ones-pictures) [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19409265/](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19409265/)  "
url: "https://brainmaster.com/kb-entry/the-brain-sees-words-even-nonsense-ones-as-pictures/"
updated: "2025-08-11"
category: Research
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# The brain sees words, even nonsense ones, as pictures

Article on brain encoding of words as images.

[https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/brain-sees-words-even-nonsense-ones-pictures](https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/brain-sees-words-even-nonsense-ones-pictures)

[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19409265/](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19409265/)