Proust and the squid : the story and science of the reading brain / Maryanne Wolf ; illustrations by Catherine Stoodley.
- Wolf, Maryanne.
- Date:
- [2007], ©2007
- Books
About this work
Description
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.
Publication/Creation
New York : HarperCollins, [2007], ©2007.
Physical description
xi, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contributors
Contents
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".
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-295) and index.
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Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicinePQ /WOLOpen shelves
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ISBN
- 9780060186395
- 0060186399