普鲁斯特与乌贼

Proust and the Squid : The Story and Science of the Reading Brain

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 320 pages, Illustrations

Publisher:Icon Books

Imprint:Icon Books

ISBN:9781848310308

Published:6 Nov 2008

Weight:238g

Dimensions:197 x 129 x 20 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

“这本书将大量清晰的神经科学知识与一丝敏感的个人叙述巧妙地融合在一起，令人愉悦……这是一部平衡优美的科普作品。”——博伊德·汤金，《独立报》 “

对于对语言感兴趣的人来说，这是一本推介阅读之作。你会发现自己以全新的方式关注文字。慢慢阅读——需要时间才能理解。”——威廉·利斯，《星期日电讯报》

“这是对阅读科学的一次鼓舞人心的颂扬。”——P.D.史密斯，《卫报》

“我们并非生来就会阅读，”玛丽安·沃尔夫说道：“没有任何特定的基因决定了阅读的发展。人类仅在几千年前才发明了阅读。凭借这项发明，我们改变了大脑的结构，从而扩展了我们的思维方式，终末改变了我们物种的智力进化。”

在《普鲁斯特与乌贼》一书中，玛丽安·沃尔夫探索了我们大脑近乎神奇的自我调整和重新调整能力，以应对外部环境。她研究了这种“开放式结构”，即我们大脑的弹性，是如何帮助和阻碍人类学习阅读和处理书面语言的。

她还研究了那些大脑结构导致难以获得这些技能的人，例如患有阅读障碍的人，会发生什么。沃尔夫是研究阅读大脑的全球专家，她将个人的热情和娴熟的写作风格融入到这部关于阅读大脑的故事中。这是一部关于阅读大脑的科普杰作，任何热爱阅读的人都会为之着迷。

‘Everything about [this] book, which combines a healthy dose of lucid neuroscience with a dash of sensitive personal narrative, delights ... a beautifully balanced piece of popular-science writing’ Boyd Tonkin, Independent

'For people interested in language, this is a must. You'll find yourself focusing on words in new ways. Read it slowly - it will take time to sink in.’William Leith, Sunday Telegraph

'An inspiring celebration of the science of reading.’ P.D. Smith, Guardian

'We were never born to read', says Maryanne Wolf. 'No specific genes ever dictated reading's development.Human beings invented reading only a few thousand years ago. And with this invention, we changed the very organisation of our brain, which in turn expanded the ways we were able to think, which altered the intellectual evolution of our species.'In "Proust and the Squid", Maryanne Wolf explores our brains' near-miraculous ability to arrange and re-arrange themselves in response to external circumstances. She examines how this 'open architecture', the elasticity of our brains, helps and hinders humans in their attempts to learn to read, and to process the written language.

She also investigates what happens to people whose brains make it difficult to acquire these skills, such as those with dyslexia. Wolf, a world expert on the reading brain, brings both a personal passion and deft style to this, the story of the reading brain. It is a pop science masterpiece on a subject that anyone who loves reading will be sure to find fascinating.

作者简介

玛丽安·沃尔夫在塔夫茨大学任教，并担任阅读与语言研究中心主任。她在世界各地授课和演讲，是研究阅读大脑的知名专家。

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.