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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.
Subject: Brain > Evolution.
Neurophysiology.
Reading comprehension.
Reading > History.
Reading > Research.
Brain > Evolution.
Neurophysiology.
Reading.
Reading comprehension.
Reading > Research.
Brain > growth & development.
Brain > physiology.
Comprehension > physiology.
Dyslexia.
Reading.
Genre: History.

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