Proust and the squid the story and science of the reading brain
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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Harper Perennial,
2008, ©2007.
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Proust and the squid : |b the story and science of the reading brain / |c Maryanne Wolf ; illustrations by Catherine Stoodley. |
| 250 | |a 1st Harper Perennial ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York : |b Harper Perennial, |c 2008, ©2007. | ||
| 300 | |a xi, 306 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 21 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-295) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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 -- 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 -- Dyslexia's puzzle and the brain's design -- Genes, gifts, and dyslexia -- Conclusions : from the reading brain to "what comes next." | |
| 520 | |a 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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| 650 | 0 | |a Reading comprehension. | |
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