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Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
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Author Maryanne Wolf
Manufacturer Harper Perennial
ReleaseDate 2008-08-26
PublicationDate 2008-08-26

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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 brain from the one that is immersed in today's technology-driven literacy. The potential transformations in this changed reading brain, Wolf argues, have profound implications for every child and for the intellectual development of our species.


Author Maryanne Wolf
Binding Paperback
EAN 9780060933845
Edition Reprint
ISBN 0060933844
Label Harper Perennial
Manufacturer Harper Perennial
NumberOfItems 1
NumberOfPages 336
ProductGroup Book
PublicationDate 2008-08-26
Publisher Harper Perennial
ReleaseDate 2008-08-26
SKU LA9780060933845
Studio Harper Perennial
Title Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
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