Reading in the Brain: The New Science of How We Read

“”Brings together the cognitive, the cultural, and the neurological in an elegant, compelling narrative. A revelatory work.””–Oliver Sacks, M.D. The act of reading is so easily taken for granted that we forget what an astounding feat it is. How can a few black marks on white paper evoke an entire universe of meanings? It’s even more amazing when we consider that we read using a primate brain that evolved to serve an entirely different purpose. In this riveting investigation, Stanislas Dehaene, author of How We Learn , explores every aspect of this human invention, from its origins to its neural underpinnings. A world authority on the subject, Dehaene reveals the hidden logic of spelling, describes pioneering research on hiw we process languages, and takes us into a new appreciation of the brain and its wondrous capacity to adapt. — ASIN: 0143118056 | ISBN13: 9780143118053 | ISBN-13: 978-0143118053