text Proust and the squid : the story and science of the reading brain
- Summary
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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.
- Contents
- 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 -- The beginnings of reading development, or not -- The "natural history" of reading de... Read more
- Format
- text
- Description
- xi, 308 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher
- Harper 2007
| Library | Location | Status |
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 612.82 WOLF in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
| Library | Location | Status |
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| TADL-WOOD | 612.82 WOLF in Adult Non-fiction | Available |