Reading in the brain : the science and evolution of a human invention / Stanislas Dehaene.
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TextPublisher: New York : Viking, 2009Description: xi, 388 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780670021109Subject(s): Reading, Psychology of | Reading -- Physiological aspectsDDC classification: 418/.4019 LOC classification: BF456.R2 | D36 2009Summary: In this riveting investigation, Stanislas Dehaene provides an accessible account of the brain circuitry of reading and explores what he calls the "reading paradox": Our cortex is the product of millions of years of evolution in a world without writing, so how did it adapt to recognize words?
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-375) and index.
In this riveting investigation, Stanislas Dehaene provides an accessible account of the brain circuitry of reading and explores what he calls the "reading paradox": Our cortex is the product of millions of years of evolution in a world without writing, so how did it adapt to recognize words?
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