While the human ability to write evolved from the ability to speak, writing and speaking are supported by entirely different parts of the brain, according to new research from Rice University, Johns Hopkins University and Columbia University.  The research shows that it is possible for stroke victims who cannot speak a grammatically correct sentence to write it perfectly, and vice versa.  “Modality and Morphology: What We Write May Not Be What We Say” is available online and will appear in an upcoming edition of the journal Psychological Science. The paper focuses on the relationship between written language (reading and spelling) and spoken language and whether or not written language depends on spoken language in literate adults. To read more, please visit http://news.rice.edu/2015/05/07/how-the-human-brain-separates-the-ability-to-talk-and-write-2/#sthash.WkfBuuIl.dpuf.