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ISBN 10: 0060933844
ISBN 13: 978-0060933845
Author: Maryanne Wolf
“Wolf restores our awe of the human brain—its adaptability, its creativity, and its ability to connect with other minds through a procession of silly squiggles.” — San Francisco Chronicle
How do people learn to read and write—and how has the development of these skills transformed the brain and the world itself ? Neuropsychologist and child development expert Maryann Wolf answers these questions in this ambitious and provocative book that chronicles the remarkable journey of written language not only throughout our evolution but also over the course of a single child’s life, showing why a growing percentage have difficulty mastering these abilities.
With fascinating down-to-earth examples and lively personal anecdotes, Wolf asserts that the brain that examined the tiny clay tablets of the Sumerians is a very different brain from the one that is immersed in today’s technology-driven literacy, in which visual images on the screen are paving the way for a reduced need for written language—with potentially profound consequences for our future.
Proust and the Squid 1st Table of contents:
PART I: How the Brain Learned to Read
Chapter 1: Reading Lessons from Proust and the Squid
Chapter 2: How the Brain Adapted Itself to Read: The First Writing Systems
Chapter 3: The Birth of an Alphabet and Socrates’ Protests
PART II: How the Brain Learns to Read Over Time
Chapter 4: The Beginnings of Reading Development, or Not
Chapter 5: The “Natural History” of Reading Development: Connecting the Parts of the Young Reading Brain
Chapter 6: The Unending Story of Reading’s Development
PART III: When the Brain Can’t Learn to Read
Chapter 7: Dyslexia’s Puzzle and the Brain’s Design
Chapter 8: Genes, Gifts, and Dyslexia
Chapter 9: Conclusions: From the Reading Brain to “What Comes Next”
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
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