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“First, what makes up an alphabet and what separates it from the vestiges of a previous syllabary, or logosyllabary? Responses to that question prepare us to explore the second, larger question: are there significant intellectual resources unique to the alphabet-reading brain?”

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Book:Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain

Source: Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain

“Comprehension processes [for young readers] grow.... [when] they leave the surface layers of text to explore the wondrous terrain that lies beneath it. The reading expert Richard Vacca describes this shift as a development from "fluent decoders" to "strategic readers"--"readers who know how to activate prior knowledge before, during and after reading, to decide what's important in a text"....”

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Book:Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain

Source: Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain

“We now know that groups of neurons create new connections and pathways among themselves every time we acquire a new skill. Computer scientists use the term "open architecture" to describe a system that is versatile enough to change--or rearrange--to accommodate the varying demands on it.”

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Book:Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain

Source: Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain