Reading in the Brain: The New Science of How We Read, Paperback

Descriere

""Brings together the cognitive, the cultural, and the neurological in an elegant, compelling narrative. A revelatory work."" -Oliver Sacks, M. D. The act of reading is so easily taken for granted that we forget what an astounding feat it is. How can a few black marks on white paper evoke an entire universe of meanings? It's even more amazing when we consider that we read using a primate brain that evolved to serve an entirely different purpose. In this riveting investigation, Stanislas Dehaene explores every aspect of this human invention, from its origins to its neural underpinnings. A world authority on the subject, Dehaene reveals the hidden logic of spelling, describes pioneering research on hiw we process languages, and takes us into a new appreciation of the brain and its wondrous capacity to adapt.

Despre autor

Stanislas Dehaene

neurologist francez · n. 1965

Stanislas Dehaene este un autor, neurocognitiv și matematician francez, a cărui cercetare se concentrează pe mai multe domenii, inclusiv cogniția numerică, baza neurală a citirii și correlativele neurale ale conștiinței. Din 2017, este profesor la Collège de France și, din 1989, director al Unității INSERM 562, „Neuroimagistică Cognitivă”.