Plasticity of the Reading Brain | Maryanne Wolf

Psychologist & Educator Maryanne Wolf explains that our brain circuitry changes according to how we read, how we read changes according to how our brains are (re)wired, and that these changes are happening now and always.

From Conversations at The Interval, “The Changing Reading Brain in a Digital Culture” by Maryanne Wolf. Watch the full talk here:
https://youtu.be/XmiFDLUQV8U

Dr. Maryanne Wolf shares her research on the reading brain: its protean capacities; its surprising differences (e.g., in dyslexia); and its changes for good and ill in a digital culture.

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