Michael Mendizza- Imagination Part 2 - What’s In A Word?
Words are symbols or triggers that stimulate a subtle replica of the original experience within the brain. All that is needed is the symbol and the full sensory pattern; the texture, taste, smell and emotional ambiance of the original experience is projected as an image in the mind. Researchers at the University of California at San Diego recently released photos confirming that simple word recognition is accomplished primarily by the visual centers of the brain, not the thinking or memory centers. Words are experienced as images and without these inner pictures, words would have no meaning at all. Literally, "the ability to make mental images" is called imagination.