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  Title

  Reading in the brain : the science and evolution of a human invention

  Author

  Dehaene, Stanislas.

  
  

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  Personal Author:

  Dehaene, Stanislas.

  Title:

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

  Publication info:

  New York : Viking, 2009.

  Physical description:

  xi, 388 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

  Content type:

  text

  Medium:

  unmediated

  Format:

  volume

  Bibliography note:

  Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-375) and index.

  Summary:

  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?

  Subject term:

  Reading, Psychology of.

  Subject term:

  Reading--Physiological aspects.

  LCCN:

  2009009389

  ISBN:

  9780670021109

  ISBN:

  0670021105

  Collection note:

  Gift of:BYU Alumni Association ; In memory of: Woodhouse, David Grant.

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  Personal Author:

  Dehaene, Stanislas.

  Title:

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

  Publication info:

  New York : Viking, 2009.

  Physical description:

  xi, 388 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

  Content type:

  text

  Medium:

  unmediated

  Format:

  volume

  Bibliography note:

  Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-375) and index.

  Summary:

  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?

  Subject term:

  Reading, Psychology of.

  Subject term:

  Reading--Physiological aspects.

  LCCN:

  2009009389

  ISBN:

  9780670021109

  ISBN:

  0670021105

  Collection note:

  Gift of:BYU Alumni Association ; In memory of: Woodhouse, David Grant.