Les Neurones De La Lecture (2000) - Plot & Excerpts
In questo viaggio corticale, scopro che il mio cervello da primate compie acrobazie immani per leggere. La lettura è frutto dell'evoluzione umana e uno dei maggiori artefici della sua esplosione culturale. L'espansione della corteccia prefrontale ha permesso alla nostra specie di inventare la scrittura. Questa invenzione ha sviluppato una memoria supplementare, esterna e duratura. Per questo motivo la lettura è la prima "protesi della mente".Siamo dotati di circuiti neuronali capaci di imparare a leggere. E tu, che ora leggi questo mio commento, sappi che stai effettuando quattro o cinque saccadi al secondo per portare queste parole nella tua fovea! :-)P.S. Un bel libro, che spiega, in modo comprensibile a chi, come me, è digiuno in materia, come il nostro cervello impari a leggere. E ancor di più amo la lettura! I previously read Caplan (Harvard Medical School) in his 1996 book on "Language". He discussed the psychology experiments that revealed that the brain contained 8 different dictionaries, organised conceptually into a tree by speech/text, input/output, and whole-word/grapheme_phoneme.This model formed the basis of theories on dyslexia.Now Dehaene updates this psychological model into a neuroscience model, based on functional MRI and other experimental techniques, applied to show brain activities in different areas as words are presented, so that signals encoding them move over time through the different brain areas.Dehaene is completely convincing, and difficulties in matching model to experimental data are openly discussed. It would be unreasonable to expect a complete model at this stage of research, but so many psychological effects are now explained by inter-area wiring and the apparent functional operation of different brain areas.For me as an Artificial Intelligence programmer, this book is a "must read". It ought to be also for infant-school teachers, (computational) linguists, speech therapists, carers for seniors, and probably parents of small children, etc.
What do You think about Les Neurones De La Lecture (2000)?
Fascinating ideas, discoveries, and theories presented in language that is technical and often dry.
—krs
This is turning out to be a startling treasure. Astounding information; and very well-articulated.
—ryvaswimrose25
This book contains some excellent material, but boy howdy was it a slog sometimes.
—mege0328
