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

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Publication Date:2009.

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Publisher(s):Viking
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2009.

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Description:1 online resource (xi, 388 pages) : : illustrations

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ISBN:9781101151341, 110115134X, 9781101152409, 1101152400
oclc:ocn656962183
LC Classification:BF456.R2
Dewey Decimal:418/.4019

The new science of reading : From neurons to education ; Putting neurons into culture ; The mystery of the reading ape ; Biological unity and cultural diversity ; A reader's guide -- How do we read? : The eye: a poor scanner ; The search for invariants ; Amplifying differences ; Every word is a tree ; The silent voice ; The limits of sound ; The hidden logic of our spelling system ; The impossible dream of transparent spelling ; Two routes for reading ; Mental dictionaries ; An assembly of daemons ; Parallel reading ; Active letter decoding ; Conspiracy and competition in reading ; From behavior to brain mechanisms -- The brain's letterbox : Joseph-Jules Déjerine's discovery ; Pure Alexia ; A lesion revealed ; Modern lesion analysis ; Decoding the reading brain ; Reading is universal ; A patchwork of visual preferences ; How fast do we read? ; Electrodes in the brain ; Position invariance ; Subliminal reading ; How culture fashions the brain ; The brains of Chinese readers ; Japanese and its two scripts ; Beyond the letterbox ; Sound and meaning ; From spelling to sound ; Avenues to meaning ; A cerebral tidal bore ; Brain limits on cultural diversity ; Reading and evolution -- The…

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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Multi-Languag… LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Alphabet… LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar … LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguist… LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Readers LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Spelling Lecture -- Aspect physiologique Lecture -- Psychologie Reading -- Physiological aspects Reading, Psychology of