Proust and the squid
Subtitle: the story and science of the reading brain
By: Maryanne Wolf ; illustrations by Catherine Stoodley.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harper; HarperCollins
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780060186395
Description: A 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.