Reading in the Brain: The Science and Evolution of a Human Invention

Reading in the Brain

The Science and Evolution of a Human Invention

By
Stanislas Dehaene
Stanislas Dehaene
2007 • 400 pages

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790 books

Sociology Anthropology

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Culture of Fear
Paradox of Plenty
Anti-Gender Politics in the Populist Moment
When Prophecy Fails
The Age of Edison
Jesus and John Wayne
The Authoritarians

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95 books

Neuroscience

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Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain
What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves
Neuroexistentialism
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
Head Case: My Brain and Other Wonders
Mind of Its Own

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161 books

Linguistics

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How Dead Languages Work
Forbidden Words
Grammar and Gender
Language Myths
What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves
Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States

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24 books

Evolutionary Biology

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First Steps: How Upright Walking Made Us Human
Platypus Matters: The Extraordinary Story of Australian Mammals
Wonderful life
Growing Up Human: The Evolution of Childhood
Reading in the Brain: The Science and Evolution of a Human Invention
Your Inner Fish
Friendship

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51 books

History World

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Historicizing Fear
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
Salt: A World History
Empires of the Word
Libraries in the Ancient World
Greek Fire, Poison Arrows & Scorpion Bombs: Biological and Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World