Proust and the Squid : The Story and Science of the Reading Brain

English

ISBN: 0060933844

EAN: 9780060933845

Category: Medical / Audiology & Speech Pathology/Psychology / Cognitive Psychology/Medical / Neurology/Medical / Neuroscience/Language Arts & Disciplines / Reading Skills/Psychology / Physiological Psychology/Language Arts & Disciplines / Literacy/

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Release Date: 08/26/2008

Synopsis: 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 childs life, showing in the process why children with dyslexia have reading difficulties and singular gifts. Lively, erudite, and rich with examples,Proust and the Squidasserts that the brain that examined the tiny clay tablets of the Sumerians was a very different brain from the one that is immersed in todays 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.

Awards: Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year – null 

Proust and the Squid : The Story and Science of the Reading Brain

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.9 inches

Width: 5.25 inches

Length: 8.0 inches

Weight: 9.63 oz

Pages: 320