Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain ― A Provocative Neuroscience Study on Written Language and Evolution
Maryanne Wolf presents an accessible exploration of the reading brain, tracing the development of written language and considering its connection to human evolution. Combining neuroscience and the history of reading, this provocative study examines how learning to read shapes the way people think.
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Proust and the Squid examines the story and science of the reading brain.
Maryanne Wolf explores how the brain learns to read and how reading shapes human thought.
The book considers written language, its development, and its relationship to evolution.
Combining neuroscience with the history of reading, it offers a study of one of humanity’s most influential intellectual abilities.
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