Proust and the squid

the story and science of the reading brain
Maryanne Wolf ; illustrations by Catherine Stoodley
Book - 2007

A developmental psychologist evaluates the ways in which reading and writing have transformed the human brain, in an anecdotal study that reveals the significant changes in evolutionary brain physiology throughout history.

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Autor principal: Wolf, Maryanne
Otros Autores: Stoodley, Catherine J.
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New York : Harper, c2007.
Edición:1st ed.
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Proust and the squid
The story and science of the reading brain
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505 0 |a How the brain learned to read -- Reading lessons from Proust and the squid -- How the brain adapted itself to read : the first writing systems -- The birth of an alphabet and Socrates' protests -- How the brain learns to read over time -- The beginnings of reading development, or not -- The "natural history" of reading development : connecting the parts of the young reading brain --The unending story of reading's development -- When the brain can't learn to read -- Dyslexia's puzzle and the brain's design -- Genes, gifts, and dyslexia -- From the reading brain to "what comes next". 
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