Inquiry: PROUST AND THE SQUID: THE STORY AND SCIENCE OF THE READING BRAIN

• Artist: Mark Lynch
• Title: PROUST AND THE SQUID: THE STORY AND SCIENCE OF THE READING BRAIN
• Album: Inquiry
• Length: 58:40 minutes (18.28 MB)
• Format: Stereo 11kHz 43Kbps (VBR)

Is the ability to read in our DNA? Does learning to read change our brain structure? What about the evolution of reading? Why did the ancient Greeks invent the alphabet we are familiar with and then not use it for 300 years? Is reading Chinese in our brain the same as reading French? What happens in the brains of people with dyslexia? All this and much, much more will be discussed tonight when Inquiry spends the full hour with MARYANNE WOLF, a professor of child development at Tufts University. Professor Wolf has written one of the most interesting and thought-provoking science books that should be read by every parent and teacher: PROUST AND THE SQUID: THE STORY AND SCIENCE OF THE READING BRAIN.