- Books and reading, Technological innovations, Psychology of Reading, Psychological aspects
Draws on the author's extensive research from "Proust and the Squid" to consider the future of the reading brain and its capacity for critical thinking, empathy, and reflection in today's highly digitized world.
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Spare, character-led, grave and contemplative.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Maryanne Wolf
- First published
- 2018
- Pages
- 131
- Publisher
- Harper Paperbacks, HarperCollins Publishers, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780062388773
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Maryanne Wolf is a scholar, teacher, and advocate for children and literacy around the world. She is the UCLA Professor-in-Residence of Education, Director of the UCLA Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice, and the Chapman University Presidential Fellow (2018-2022). She is a permanent academician in the Pontifical Academy of Science.
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