But how can you understand words without vowels? Your brain does not read words letter by letter, experts told Live Science. Instead, it looks for patterns, considers context then makes predictions.

If you spend enough time online, you're bound to come come across a sentence like this: "Yr brn cn rd wrds wtht vwls." It looks like nonsense at first glance, but after a moment, you probably read it ...

Inside a classroom in St. Charles Parish, a group of first graders sit around their teacher as she points to an easel with a large piece of paper titled “READING.” Under it, six steps lay out how to ...

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