http://mindhacks.com/2009/02/25/think-of-the-children-not-the-evidence/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Mon, 20 May 2013 15:51:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mindhacks.com/2009/02/25/think-of-the-children-not-the-evidence/#comment-5964 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:48:44 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/think-of-the-children-not-the-evidence/#comment-5964 To add a thoughtful, practical and scientific component to this always growing thread of debate, readers may want to try Proust and the Squid, by Maryanne Wolf. She discusses the “story of the reading brain, in the context of our unfolding intellectual evolution. The story is changing before our eyes and under our fingers… Knowing what reading demands of our brain and knowing how it contributes to our capacity to think, to feel, to infer, and to understand other human beings… as we make the transition from a reading brain to an increasingly digital one.”
She covers a short history of reading and various cultural components which compelled language forward. Though, the book is actually more biological and cognitive, putting most of her findings and insights in the context of what we stand to learn from how a dyslexic brain acquires the ability to read. From here you will find specifics, to apply with wide and novel reach.

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