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Proust and the Squid
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The Story and Science of the Reading Brain

by Maryanne Wolf (Author), Catherine J. Stoodley (Illustrator) (edit contributors)

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The act of reading is a miracle. Every new reader's brain possesses the extraordinary capacity to rearrange itself beyond its original abilities in order to understand written symbols. But how does the brain learn to read? As world-renowned cognitive neuroscientist and scholar of reading... read more

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Developmental psychologist Maryanne Wolf 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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We were never born to read.

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  1. Maryanne Wolf (Author)
  2. Catherine J. Stoodley (Illustrator)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 9780060186395
Page Count: 308

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