Reading in the Brain: The New Science of How We Read
Author(s): Stanislas Dehaene
"Brings together the cognitive, the cultural, and the neurological in an elegant, compelling narrative. A revelatory work."
-Oliver Sacks, M.D.
The act of reading is so easily taken for granted that we forget what an astounding feat it is. How can a few black marks on white paper evoke an entire universe of meanings? It's even more amazing when we consider that we read using a primate brain that evolved to serve an entirely different purpose. In this riveting investigation, Stanislas Dehaene explores every aspect of this human invention, from its origins to its neural underpinnings. A world authority on the subject, Dehaene reveals the hidden logic of spelling, describes pioneering research on hiw we process languages, and takes us into a new appreciation of the brain and its wondrous capacity to adapt.
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- : Penguin Publishing Group
- : Penguin Publishing Group
- : 0.34473
- : 01 January 2019
- : .83 Inches X 5.45 Inches X 8.37 Inches
- : books
Special Fields
- : Stanislas Dehaene
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 400
- : JNZ