{"product_id":"reading-in-the-brain-the-new-science-of-how-we-read-audiobook","title":"Reading in the Brain: The New Science of How We Read","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Brings together the cognitive, the cultural, and the neurological in an elegant, compelling narrative. A revelatory work.\" —Oliver Sacks, M.D.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe act of reading is so easily taken for granted that we forget what an astounding feat it is. How can a few black marks on white paper evoke an entire universe of meanings? It's even more amazing when we consider that we read using a primate brain that evolved to serve an entirely different purpose. In this riveting investigation, Stanislas Dehaene, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow We Learn,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eexplores every aspect of this human invention, from its origins to its neural underpinnings. A world authority on the subject, Dehaene reveals the hidden logic of spelling, describes pioneering research on how we process languages, and takes us into a new appreciation of the brain and its wondrous capacity to adapt. According to The Wall Street Journal,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eReading in the Brain: The New Science of How We Read\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\"reveals how decades of low-tech experiments and high-tech brain-imaging studies have unwrapped the mystery of reading and revealed its component parts.... Dehaene never oversimplifies; he takes the time to tell the whole story, and he tells it in a literate way.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis audiobook is masterfully read by James Gillies, and was produced and published by Echo Point Books \u0026amp; Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont. Audio engineering by James Gillies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePLEASE NOTE: This title contains a supplementary PDF. A link will be provided on purchase.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Echo Point Books \u0026 Media, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":45791119704237,"sku":"9798349130199","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0700\/9134\/1997\/files\/9798349130199.jpg?v=1772823629","url":"https:\/\/www.echopointbooks.com\/products\/reading-in-the-brain-the-new-science-of-how-we-read-audiobook","provider":"Echo Point Books \u0026 Media","version":"1.0","type":"link"}