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Books : 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

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 573
EAN: 9780060933845
ISBN: 0060933844
Label: Harper Perennial
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: September 01, 2008
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Release Date: August 26, 2008
Studio: Harper Perennial
Sales Rank: 11053

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"Human beings were never born to read," writes Tufts University cognitive neuroscientist and child development expert Maryanne Wolf. Reading is a human invention that reflects how the brain rearranges itself to learn something new. In this ambitious, provocative book, Wolf chronicles the remarkable journey of the reading brain not only over the past five thousand years, since writing began, but also over the course of a single child's life, showing in the process why children with dyslexia have reading difficulties and singular gifts.

Lively, erudite, and rich with examples, Proust and the Squid asserts that the brain that examined the tiny clay tablets of the Sumerians was a very different brain from the one that is immersed in today's technology-driven literacy. The potential transformations in this changed reading brain, Wolf argues, have profound implications for every child and for the intellectual development of our species.

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- One star lost because it is audio book: please use printed version
One thing that comes to mind immediately is that this book should have never been published as an audio book. This book is about the very process of reading and a reader's interaction with books. Listening to the text is not what I would have in mind in this particular case. The listening makes it difficult to understand some of the sparsely used neuroscience terminology. It also requires additional effort to visualize the examples used in the text and distinguish quotations from the narrator's voice. ... Read More

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- Brilliant. One of the best books I've encountered this year (a review of the audiobook)
Filled with everyday examples but also full of technical explanations about how the brain actually works when it reads, this book is a bit of history, a bit of science, a bit of philosophy, a bit of educational theory and a whole lot of learning bundled into an entertaining package.

I may be an ideal reader for Maryanne Wolf since I am a foreign language teacher, a history teacher, I love reading and I am very much interested in how boys, in particular, suffer from reading difficulties (Wolf ... Read More

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- Great content, but the science is hard to study on 7 CDs
I have listened to many audio books, but this is the first to describe the Sumerian logosyllabulary. That statement encompases the wonder and curse of this product, the audio CD version of the book, Proust and the Squid.

I'm going to deliver brief comments about the material, written by Professor Maryanne Wolf, and also the audio presentation. First the material: This is a layman's introduction to the neuropsychology of reading, and in particular, of how children to learn to read. If you are ... Read More

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- Intelligent writing is alive and well!
This recorded book was simply a wonderful experience. It makes a great "listen", and I suspect it would make an even better "read"..
The Book: One of the best things about this book was what it did NOT do. Although the style was accessible and enjoyable for a lay person, it made no attempt to "dumb down" the material. There were many interesting, pertinent anecdotes and examples, but the author avoids the current fad of using so many character studies that the reader has a hard time finding the informational ... Read More

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- Proust and the Squid - The *Reading Brain* Brought To Life
Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain is a very engaging book about reading and the human brain. The book presents some thought provoking ideas about reading, brain development, language, cognitive science and education.

I was introduced to this material via the audiobook, and then sought out the text afterwards. Some of the sections which discuss phenomena such as dyslexia are made very poignant and human by her personal accounts. From that sense she does a good job of making ... Read More

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 573
EAN: 9780060933845
ISBN: 0060933844
Label: Harper Perennial
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: September 01, 2008
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Release Date: August 26, 2008
Studio: Harper Perennial
Sales Rank: 11053
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