Reading in the Brain : : the Science and Evolution of a Human Invention
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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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PUBLISHED
New York : Viking, c2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: xi, 388 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780670021109
0670021105
SUBJECTS
Reading, Psychology of.
Reading -- Physiological aspects.