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Maryanne Wolfe

Director of the Center for Reading and Language Research at Tufts University

Maryanne Wolfe appears in the following:

What Reading on Screens Does to Our Brains

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

How should you read? Paper or screen? Your brain wants to choose one. Switching back and forth may not be effective. That is, unless you can develop your 'bi-literate' brain.

The Reading Brain

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Our brains evolved in survivalist terms, prioritizing basic sensory functions, like sight and scent. Today, our brains must adapt to learn much more complex processes, like learning t...