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020			_a9781848310308
082			_a612.82 _bWol
100			_aWolf, Maryanne
245			_aProust and the squid : _bthe story and science of the reading brain
260			_aLondon _bIcon _c2008
300			_ax; 310p. _bpb _c20 x 13 cm
520			_a "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.
650			_aHuman physiology
650			_aNervous system
650			_aBrain
942			_cBK