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

Name: Proust and the Squid The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
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ISBN: 9780060933845

ISBN-10: 0060933844

ISBN-13: 9780060933845

Edition: 2008

Authors: Maryanne Wolf

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"Human beings were never born to read," writes Tufts University cognitive neuroscientist and child development expert Maryanne Wolf. Reading is a human invention that reflects how the brain rearranges itself to learn something new. In this ambitious, provocative book, Wolf chronicles the remarkable journey of the reading brain not only over the past five thousand years, since writing began, but also over the course of a single child's life, showing in the process why children with dyslexia have reading difficulties and singular gifts. Lively, erudite, and rich with examples, Proust and the Squid asserts that the brain that examined the tiny clay tablets of the Sumerians was a very different…

Book details

List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 8/26/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.76" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English