Stanislas Dehaene
The neurons of reading
The Neurons of Reading opens with an enigma : how does our primate brain learn to read? How does this cultural invention, too recent to have influenced our evolution, find its way into our cortex?
A new science of reading is emerging. While brain imaging reveals the cortical circuits, psychology dissects the mechanisms. These unprecedented results lead to a new scientific hypothesis. During the acquisition of reading, our neural circuits, designed for object recognition, must be retrained to decipher writing - a slow, partial and difficult reconversion, which explains children's failures and suggests new pedagogical avenues.
What is dyslexia? Are some methods of teaching reading better than others? Why is the global method incompatible with our brain's architecture? Do we use the same brain areas to read French, Chinese or Hebrew? Does subliminal reading exist? Stanislas Dehaene, a specialist in psychology and brain imaging, sheds light on all these questions using the latest advances in neuroscience.
Dehaene S., Les neurones de la lecture, Paris, Odile Jacob, 2007.
ISBN : 978-2-7381-1974-2
Price : 23,99 €
Publication : August 30, 2007
