The hardback edition sold over 26,000 copies in the US, and was in "Publishers Weekly"'s 'Best Books Of 2007'. Contains many incredible insights into the brain, and a reminder of the amazing achievements of humankind. When you consider that reading is something humans invented only a few thousand years ago, which essentially means that our brains have been rearranged, then the intellectual evolution of humankind is endless.
| Autor: | Wolf Maryanne |
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| ISBN: | 9781848310308 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Icon Books |
| Veröffentlicht: | 06.11.2008 |
| Untertitel: | The Story and Science of the Reading Brain |
| Schlagworte: | ANF:Psychology Cognition and cognitive psychology HISTORY / Civilization History of Ideas LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Reading Skills Language learning: reading skills Literacy Psychology: Professional & General Reading skills |
Maryanne Wolf teaches at Tufts University and is Director of the Center for Reading and Language Research. She teaches and lectures all over the world and is a renowned expert on the reading brain.