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100 1 _aWolf, Maryanne.
245 1 0 _aProust and the squid :
_bthe story and science of the reading brain /
_cMaryanne Wolf ; illustrations by Catherine Stoodley.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York, NY :
_bHarper,
_cc2007.
300 _axi, 308 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [237]-295) and index.
505 0 _aHow the brain learned to read -- 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 -- How the brain learns to read over time -- 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 -- When the brain can't learn to read -- Dyslexia's puzzle and the brain's design -- Genes, gifts, and dyslexia -- From the reading brain to "what comes next"
520 _aA 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.
650 0 _aBrain
_xEvolution.
650 0 _aNeurophysiology.
650 0 _aReading comprehension.
650 0 _aReading
_xResearch.
630 0 0 _aReading history.
700 1 _aStoodley, Catherine J.
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