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Proust and the squid : the story and science of the reading brain / Maryanne Wolf ; illustrations by Catherine Stoodley.

Wolf, Maryanne. (Author). Stoodley, Catherine J. (Added Author).
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  • ISBN: 9780060933845
  • ISBN: 0060933844
  • ISBN: 9781848310308
  • ISBN: 1848310307
  • Physical Description: xi, 306 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
  • Edition: 1st Harper Perennial ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Harper Perennial, 2008, ©2007.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-295) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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 development : connecting the parts of the young reading brain -- The unending story of reading's development -- Dyslexia's puzzle and the brain's design -- Genes, gifts, and dyslexia -- Conclusions : from the reading brain to "what comes next."
Summary, etc.: 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.

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Brain > growth & development.
Brain > physiology.
Comprehension > physiology.
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Genre: History.
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