Maryanne Wolf, neuroscientist: ‘Because of screens, we have learned another way of reading that short-circuits the brain’
The expert believes we are facing a paradigm shift similar to the move from an oral to a written culture in classical Greece: ‘Socrates said that reading would supplant memory. It is true that it displaces memory, but it does not entirely replace it’
Maryanne Wolf, a neuroscientist, has dedicated her research to studying the neural connections involved in reading. She has authored several books, including Cómo aprendemos a leer and Lector, vuelve a casa, and over 160 scientific publications on dyslexia and reading. Wolf argues that humans are not naturally inclined to read and that the brain must make a significant effort to transform written symbols into meaningful text.
According to Wolf, the ability to read has had a profound impact on human thought and culture, particularly in ancient Greece, where the shift from an oral to a written culture led to a surge in creativity, invention, and discovery.
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