BS 145 The Reading Brain with Maryanne Wolf

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Ginger Campbell, MD

Life Sciences, Health & Fitness, Neuroscience, Medicine, Brain, Science

4.8 • 896 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2018

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

BS 145 celebrates the return of Dr. Maryanne Wolf who was featured back in BSP 29 when we talked about her bestseller Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain. In this episode we talk about her recent book Tales of Literacy for the 21st Century.

Our focus is two-fold. First we consider the implications of the fact that while language is acquired naturally, reading is a cultural invention that must be taught. Second, we explore how the brain is changed by reading and consider the consequences of the shift toward digital media.

This is a thought provoking conversation that will interest listeners of all backgrounds.

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0:00.0	Welcome to brain science, the
0:05.0	the podcast that explores how recent discoveries in
0:07.9	neuroscience are helping unravel the mystery of how our brains
0:12.0	make us human.
0:13.4	I'm your host Dr. Ginger Campbell, and this is episode 145.
0:18.0	You will find complete shownotes and episode transcripts at brainscience brain science podcast dot com.
0:23.7	Last month we talked with Dr. Angela Friderichi
0:28.3	about the brain and language and this month we will talk with Dr. Marianne Wolf about how our brains change when we learn to read.
0:37.0	There is a very important difference between language and reading.
0:42.0	Language comes naturally as long as we are exposed to it during the critical
0:47.3	period early in life but reading and writing are cultural inventions this is an idea I first explored way back in
0:56.1	episode 24 when I discussed Dr. Wolf's book Proust and the Squid the story and
1:02.1	science of the reading brain.
1:04.8	In the early days of this podcast, it was common for me to discuss a book and then have the author
1:10.8	come on the show for a follow-up conversation.
1:14.0	Thus I actually interviewed Dr. Wolf in episode 29.
1:18.1	Then last summer I returned to the science of reading in episode 136,
1:22.4	where I discussed language at the speed of sight by Dr Mark
1:26.7	Seidenburg. I was unable to reach Dr. Seidenburg to invite him on the show but
1:31.8	reading his book prompted me to reach out to Dr. Wolf, and I discovered that she had written another book called Tales of Literacy for the 21st Century. Since, we've been trying to get together,
1:44.0	and I'm glad that we are finally able to record today's interview.
1:48.0	Before we get into the interview,
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