“Language comprehension and production evolved in connection with
HEARING probably 150,000 yrs ago and to some extent is ‘hard wired’;
whereas writing is 5000 to 7000 years old—partially going piggyback on
the same circuits, but partially involving new brain structures like the
left angular gyrus (damage to which disrupts reading writing and
arithmetic). So it’s possible LISTENING to speech (including such
things as cadence, rhythm and intonation) is more spontaneously
comprehensible and linked to emotional brain centers —hence more
evocative and natural.”
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2012/05/history-of-audiobooks.html
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