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LEADER: 02573cam a22005054a 4500
001 2008297333
003 DLC
005 20090528073412.0
008 080312s2007 nyua b 001 0 eng c
010 $a 2008297333
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020 $a9780060186395
020 $a0060186399
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn148887403
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050 00 $aQP408$b.W64 2007
060 00 $a2007 K-365
060 10 $aWL 300$bW854p 2007
082 00 $a612.8/2$222
100 1 $aWolf, Maryanne.
245 10 $aProust and the squid :$bthe story and science of the reading brain /$cMaryanne Wolf ; illustrations by Catherine Stoodley.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bHarperCollins,$cc2007.
300 $axi, 308 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [237]-295) and index.
505 0 $aHow the brain learned to read -- Reading lessons from Proust and the squid -- How the brain adapted itself to read: the first writing systems -- The birth of an alphabet and Socrates' protests -- How the brain learns to read over time -- The beginnings of reading development, or not -- The "natural history" of reading development: connecting the parts of the young reading brain --The unending story of reading's development -- When the brain can't learn to read -- Dyslexia's puzzle and the brain's design -- Genes, gifts, and dyslexia -- From the reading brain to "what comes next".
520 $aA developmental psychologist evaluates the ways in which reading and writing have transformed the human brain, in an anecdotal study that reveals the significant changes in evolutionary brain physiology throughout history.
630 00 $aReading history.
650 0 $aBrain$xEvolution.
650 0 $aNeurophysiology.
650 0 $aReading comprehension.
650 0 $aReading$xResearch.
650 12 $aBrain$xgrowth & development.
650 12 $aBrain$xphysiology.
650 22 $aComprehension$xphysiology.
650 22 $aDyslexia.
650 22 $aReading.
650 7 $aBrain$xPhysiology.$2sears
650 7 $aReading$xPhysiological aspects.$2sears
650 7 $aLiteracy.$2sears
700 1 $aStoodley, Catherine J.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0803/2008297333.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0911/2008297333-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0911/2008297333-d.html