Proust and the squid
Book by Maryanne Wolf
'We were never born to read', says Maryanne Wolf. 'No specific genes ever dictated reading's development. Human beings invented reading only a few thousand years ago. ... Google Books
Originally published: 2007
Author: Maryanne Wolf
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Squid: An old neurological metaphor for how neurons work. The book outlines the literal rewiring necessary for humans to learn how to read and how profound and ...
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Ambitious, provocative, and rich with examples, Proust and the Squid celebrates reading, one of the single most remarkable inventions in history. Once embarked ...
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 ...
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“Wolf restores our awe of the human brain—its adaptability, its creativity, and its ability to connect with other minds through a procession of silly ...
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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 ...
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"Proust and the Squid" by Maryanne Wolf explores how the human brain evolved to read and how reading has shaped the development of culture and cognition.
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