In this riveting investigation, Dehaene explores every aspect of the ability to read, 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..
In this riveting investigation, Stanislas Dehaene, author of How We Learn , explores every aspect of this human invention, from its origins to its neural underpinnings.
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.
The act of Reading is so easily taken for granted that we forget what an astounding feat it is.
A revelatory work.--Oliver Sacks, M.
D.
Brings together the cognitive, the cultural, and the neurological in an elegant, compelling narrative.
A world authority on the subject, Dehaene reveals the hidden logic of spelling and describes pioneering research on how we process languages.
In this riveting investigation, Dehaene explores every aspect of the ability to read, from its origins to its neural underpinnings
