Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain

Proust and the Squid

The Story and Science of the Reading Brain

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Maryanne Wolf
Maryanne Wolf
2007 • 310 pages

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In the Book. Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain, Harper Perennial, 2008. This is an account of how our brains change as we learn to read.

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