Reading in the Brain, Stanislas Dehaene
Reading in the Brain, Stanislas Dehaene
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Reading in the Brain
The New Science of How We Read

Author: Stanislas Dehaene

Narrator: James Gillies

Unabridged: 13 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/17/2025

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

"Brings together the cognitive, the cultural, and the neurological in an elegant, compelling narrative. A revelatory work."--Oliver Sacks, M.D.The 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 How We Learn, explores 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 hiw 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, Reading in the Brain: The New Science of How We Read "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.”This audiobook is masterfully read by James Gillies, and was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont. Audio engineering by James Gillies.

About Stanislas Dehaene

Stanislas Dehaene is the director of the Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit in Saclay, France, and a professor of experimental cognitive psychology at the College de France. He is the author of Reading in the Brain.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mario the lone bookwolf on May 23, 2023

It's fascinating how remarkable the very few things are that have been learned about the brain so far. How´s your brain working? Brain research, which is in its infancy, can definitively be described as a guarantee for future surprises and groundbreaking discoveries. The work sheds light on the wonder......more

Goodreads review by Nicky on September 29, 2016

This was a really, really fascinating read, and surprisingly easy to grasp considering the technical subject. I actually read it surprisingly fast, and it was definitely the sort of book that provoked a lot of turning to my partner to ask “did you know that…”. It also made me ask a ton of questions......more

Goodreads review by Markus on April 12, 2024

Die Schrift und damit das Lesen sind nicht nur eine einzigartige Erfindung der Menschheit, es ist auch der wichtigste Baustein für die rasante Entwicklung und Weitergabe der Kultur. Der französische Kognitionswissenschaftler, Mathematiker und Psychologe Stanislas Dehaene erforscht zusammen mit seine......more

Goodreads review by Bart on July 11, 2013

There is something wonderfully ironical about this book: It purports to defend from enemies everywhere the act of reading, while doing so in a way that makes even the lustiest reader temporarily hate the written word. This book is terribly written; its author encapsulates a goodish number of ideas "i......more

Goodreads review by Babette on May 27, 2022

Bisher hatte ich noch nie darüber nachgedacht, welches Wunder das Lesen ist, denn unser Gehirn ist dafür von der Natur nicht eingerichtet und evolutionäre Prozesse gehen nicht so schnell, wie sich die Kulturtechnik des Lesens entwickelte. Dehaene versucht in gut verständlichem Ton, die Vorgänge im G......more

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