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Reading in the brain : the science and evolution of a human invention / Stanislas Dehaene.

Dehaene, Stanislas.
2009
BF456.R2 D36 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
Reading in the brain : the science and evolution of a human invention / Stanislas Dehaene.
Author
Dehaene, Stanislas.
ISBN
9780670021109
0670021105
Published
New York : Viking, 2009.
Language
English
Description
xi, 388 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Call Number
BF456.R2 D36 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
418/.4019
Summary
The author 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 and index.
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