From Letters to Pixels

This presentation explores the neuroscientific foundations of the 'neural reorganisation' necessitated by the human brain's acquisition of reading.It examines the cognitive transition from linear text processing to the interpretation of multimodal stimuli, incorporating text, imagery, audio, and animation.Furthermore, it investigates how digital environments and artificial intelligence are recalibrating attentional control, deep reading capacities, and the faculty for coherent argumentation and composition.Central to this discussion is an analysis of the implications these shifts hold for the conceptualisation of reading literacy in both contemporary and future landscapes.