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Proust And the Squid: the Story And Science of the Reading Brain
Maryanne Wolf

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Proust And the Squid: the Story And Science of the Reading Brain

Icon Books (6 Nov 2008)
9781848310308
| Paperback
320 pages | 130 x 196 mm | English
$ 8.99 | Value: $ 8.99

Subject

  • Brain
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Neurophysiology
  • Reading History
  • Reading, Psychology Of

Plot

Explores our brains' near-miraculous ability to arrange and re-arrange themselves in response to external circumstances. This title examines how this 'open architecture', the elasticity of our brains, helps and hinders humans in their attempts to learn to read, and to process the written language.