Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain by Maryanne Wolf

Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain

Maryanne Wolf

308 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction education psychology science reflective slow-paced
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The act of reading is a miracle. Every new reader's brain possesses the extraordinary capacity to rearrange itself beyond its original abilities in order to understand written symbols. But how does the brain learn to read? As world-renowned cognit...

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