WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN READING AND VIEWING IMAGES?

The difference between reading and viewing an image is that your brain processes both actions differently. Viewing is defined as the ability to see something or to be seen from a particular place. While reading is defined as the action or skill of reading written or printed matter silently or aloud. When these things are related to an image it differs but is relatively the same.When viewing an image your brain sees the image for what it is, it examines color, content and presentation. When reading an image your brain sees the image for the words that are on it. Your brain creates the image from its previous understanding of the words. For instance in the picture below there are animals and objects in it. When viewing the image our brain sees that there is a yellow duck, red ball, grass and a dog etc. When reading the image our brain recognizes the duck and the dog etc. because of the letters. Our brains form the image because it relates the letters d-u-c-k with the image of a duck and same for the other objects.