Reading in the brain : the science and evolution of a human invention / Stanislas Dehaene.
Publication details: New York : Viking, c2009.Description: xi, 388 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780670021109
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-375) and index.
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?
