Reading in the brain : the science and evolution of a human invention
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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- ISBN: 9780670021109
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Physical Description
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xi, 388 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm - Publisher New York : Viking, 2009.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Complements the decodable books collection. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-375) and index. |