| Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain Contributor(s): Wolf, Maryanne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060933844 ISBN-13: 9780060933845 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2008 Annotation: Developmental psychologist, neuroscientist, and dyslexia expert Wolf probes the question, How do we learn to read and write? This ambitious and provocative new book offers an impassioned look at reading, its effect on our lives, and explains why it matters so greatly in a digital era. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Neuropsychology - Medical | Neuroscience - Language Arts & Disciplines | Reading Skills |
| Dewey: 612.82 |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 5.64" W x 7.62" (0.62 lbs) 336 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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 child's life, showing in the process why children with dyslexia have reading difficulties and singular gifts. Lively, erudite, and rich with examples, Proust and the Squid asserts that the brain that examined the tiny clay tablets of the Sumerians was a very different brain from the one that is immersed in today's 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wolf, Maryanne: - Maryanne Wolf, the John DiBiaggio Professor of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University, was the director of the Tufts Center for Reading and Language Research. She currently directs the Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice at UCLA, and is working with the Dyslexia Center at the UCSF School of Medicine and with Curious Learning: A Global Literacy Project, which she co-founded. She is the recipient of multiple research and teaching honors, including the highest awards by the International Dyslexia Association and the Australian Learning Disabilities Association. She is the author of Proust and the Squid (HarperCollins), Tales of Literacy for the 21st Century (Oxford University Press), and more than 160 scientific publications. |