How We Learn

There are words that are so familiar they obscure rather than illuminate the thing they mean, and 'learning' is such a word. It seems so ordinary, everyone does it. Actually it's more of a black box, which Dehaene cracks open to reveal the awesome secrets within . . . His explanation of the basic machinery of the brain is an excellent primer. --The New York Times Book Review [An] expert overview of learning . . . Never mind our opposable thumb, upright posture, fire, tools, or language; it is education that enabled humans to conquer the world . . . Dehaene's fourth insightful exploration of neuroscience will pay dividends for attentive readers. --Kirkus Reviews [Dehaene] rigorously examines our remarkable capacity for learning. The baby brain is especially awesome and not a 'blank slate' . . . Dehaene's portrait of the human brain is fascinating. --Booklist A richly instructive [book] for educators, parents, and others interested in how to most effectively foster the pursuit of knowledge. --Publishers Weekly Praise for Reading in the Brain Splendid...Dehaene reveals how decades of low-tech experiments and high-tech brain-imaging studies have unwrapped the mystery of reading and revealed its component parts...A pleasure to read. [Dehaene] never oversimplifies; he takes the time to tell the whole story, and he tells it in a literate way.--The Wall Street Journal Masterful...a delight to read and scientifically precise.--Nature Praise for Consciousness and the Brain Ambitious . . . Dehaene offers nothing less than a blueprint for brainsplaining one of the world's deepest mysteries. . . . [A] fantastic book.--The Washington Post Dehaene is a maestro of the unconscious.--Scientific American Mind Brilliant... Essential reading for those who want to experience the excitement of the search for the mind in the brain.--Nature