bismillahirrahmanirrahim,

just a passing note, i find it amazing that we all understand stuff that is written in different styles.

for example, if it is capital letters, then it would show a sign of anger, if it is bold, then it shows that there is emphasis made by the writer, if its italic, it is a sign that we are referring to another person, or something that is not ours, or simply again, to make a point, but in a more subtle way...

it is infinitely interesting when we think about it, since language seems very much inherent in the animal kingdom, but as far as i know humans are the only beings on planet earth having the ability to communicate through written words.

it is even more evident if one reads a literature that one understands not. because when there are such things as those stated above, it is generally known what the writer wants to do by putting it there...

my question is that, why is it so? language develop differently in different societies, yet such things are apparent in the whole of the human race. the more interesting question is that how does it show the internal workings of our brain?

i am no biologist, so i can't comment too much about this. it comes to wonder, if we are to make the real-time MRI scan on a person who's reading stuff like that, how will the activity of the various regions in the brain change? and if we are to do it to animals, how will it affect their brains? and how do their brains differ from ours?

just a passing observation, really. but i suppose it could be related to more subtle things such as the general behaviour of society, the notion of acceptable behaviour and stuff like that...

but that is for another session of pondering about the infinitely interesting universe...

wallahua'lam