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How the Human Brain Learned to Read

How the Human Brain Learned to Read

FromReach Out and Read


How the Human Brain Learned to Read

FromReach Out and Read

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Length:
36 minutes
Released:
Jun 23, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The human brain doesn’t come wired to read. Remarkably, recognizing, decoding, and comprehending a single word takes many different repurposed brain circuits working together.  Dr Maryanne Wolf, Dir. of the Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice at UCLA breaks down the science of the reading brain — from the neuroscientific importance of oral language, to recognizing the alphabet, reading words, and ultimately, the experience of novel thought while reading.
Released:
Jun 23, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (93)

From the national organization Reach Out and Read comes a brand new podcast centered around the belief that children’s books build better brains, better family relationships, and happier, healthy children and societies. Join us as host Dr Dipesh Navsaria, a pediatrician with a children’s librarianship degree, dives into a wealth of varied early childhood health and literacy topics with expert guests examining the many facets of supporting the parent-child relationship as key to early success.