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Author: Derrick de Kerckhove Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 3662010933 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 466
Book Description
This book is a consequence of the suggestion that a major key to ward understanding cognition in any advanced culture is to be found in the relationships between processing orthographies, lan guage, and thought. In this book, the contributors attempt to take only the first step, namely to ascertain that there are reliable con stancies among the interactions between a given type of writing and specific brain processes. And, among the possible brain processes that could be investigated, only one apparently simple issue is being explored: namely, whether the lateralization of reading and writing to the right in fully phonemic alphabets is the result of formalized but essentially random occurrences, or whether some physiological determinants are at play. The original project was much more complicated. It began with Derrick de Kerckhove's attempt to establish a connection between the rise of the alphabetic culture in Athens and the development of a theatrical tradition in that city from around the end of the 6th century B. c. to the Roman conquest. The underlying assumption, first proposed in a conversation with Marshall McLuhan, was that the Greek alphabet was responsible for a fundamental change in the psychology of the Athenians and that the creation of the great tragedies of Greek theatre was a kind of cultural response to a con dition of deep psychological crisis.
Author: Derrick de Kerckhove Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 3662010933 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 466
Book Description
This book is a consequence of the suggestion that a major key to ward understanding cognition in any advanced culture is to be found in the relationships between processing orthographies, lan guage, and thought. In this book, the contributors attempt to take only the first step, namely to ascertain that there are reliable con stancies among the interactions between a given type of writing and specific brain processes. And, among the possible brain processes that could be investigated, only one apparently simple issue is being explored: namely, whether the lateralization of reading and writing to the right in fully phonemic alphabets is the result of formalized but essentially random occurrences, or whether some physiological determinants are at play. The original project was much more complicated. It began with Derrick de Kerckhove's attempt to establish a connection between the rise of the alphabetic culture in Athens and the development of a theatrical tradition in that city from around the end of the 6th century B. c. to the Roman conquest. The underlying assumption, first proposed in a conversation with Marshall McLuhan, was that the Greek alphabet was responsible for a fundamental change in the psychology of the Athenians and that the creation of the great tragedies of Greek theatre was a kind of cultural response to a con dition of deep psychological crisis.
Author: Leonard Shlain Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 9780140196016 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 500
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This groundbreaking book proposes that the rise of alphabetic literacy reconfigured the human brain and brought about profound changes in history, religion, and gender relations. Making remarkable connections across brain function, myth, and anthropology, Dr. Shlain shows why pre-literate cultures were principally informed by holistic, right-brain modes that venerated the Goddess, images, and feminine values. Writing drove cultures toward linear left-brain thinking and this shift upset the balance between men and women, initiating the decline of the feminine and ushering in patriarchal rule. Examining the cultures of the Israelites, Greeks, Christians, and Muslims, Shlain reinterprets ancient myths and parables in light of his theory. Provocative and inspiring, this book is a paradigm-shattering work that will transform your view of history and the mind.
Author: Derrick De Kerckhove Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 9783540181224 Category : Alphabet Languages : en Pages : 455
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The psychology and historiography of writing has generally received less attention than reading, speech and language acquisition. This book tries to redress that imbalance and is the fruit of the continual collaboration between a humanist and a neuroscientist who share an interest in the role of biology and brain-related factors in cultural evolution. It brings together a wide selection of scientists from the fields of neuroscience, psychology, linguistics and philology in an interdisciplinary discussion of the nature of the alphabetic system of Western writing and the forces affecting its evolution. The goal of the book is to present the background to a new model that demonstrates what factors shaped our alphabet and how the alphabet shapes us. This model develops from de Kerckhove's causal model of literacy and psychosocial development and extends to implications about the large-scale structure of human history. The chapters are especially designed so as to bring the reader up to date with each topic before giving the narrower focus. This valuable feature makes the book easily accessible to a wide audience from a variety of related fields.
Author: Publications International Ltd Publisher: Brain Games - Sticker Activity ISBN: 9781645587545 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 52
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Introduce children to the alphabet in a fun, interactive way with this sticker activity book! Discover 27 activities and more than 150 stickers. Activities include matching pictures and words, finding missing letters that start the words, and adding stickers to finish the picture. Activities are in the front of the book and the corresponding stickers are in the back. Many bonus stickers are found in the book. Children ages 3 and up will love the colorful, whimsical illustrations on each page. Follow along as the old lady makes a meal of the alphabet, one letter at a time. The spiral binding allows the book to lie flat for easy use. 52 pages
Author: Publications International Ltd Publisher: Brain Games ISBN: 9781645586234 Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 192
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Codeword puzzles are simple to play and utterly addictive. If you enjoy cracking codes, this puzzle book is for you. The letters of the alphabet are hidden in a unique code. Each letter of the alphabet is represented by a random number, from 1 through 26. Some letters are already given. With these to get you started, you must fill in the grid. Contains over 160 puzzles. Answers found in the back of the book. Spiral bound, 192 pages.
Author: James R. Doty, MD Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0698404025 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 290
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The award-winning New York Times bestseller about the extraordinary things that can happen when we harness the power of both the brain and the heart Growing up in the high desert of California, Jim Doty was poor, with an alcoholic father and a mother chronically depressed and paralyzed by a stroke. Today he is the director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) at Stanford University, of which the Dalai Lama is a founding benefactor. But back then his life was at a dead end until at twelve he wandered into a magic shop looking for a plastic thumb. Instead he met Ruth, a woman who taught him a series of exercises to ease his own suffering and manifest his greatest desires. Her final mandate was that he keep his heart open and teach these techniques to others. She gave him his first glimpse of the unique relationship between the brain and the heart. Doty would go on to put Ruth’s practices to work with extraordinary results—power and wealth that he could only imagine as a twelve-year-old, riding his orange Sting-Ray bike. But he neglects Ruth’s most important lesson, to keep his heart open, with disastrous results—until he has the opportunity to make a spectacular charitable contribution that will virtually ruin him. Part memoir, part science, part inspiration, and part practical instruction, Into the Magic Shop shows us how we can fundamentally change our lives by first changing our brains and our hearts.
Author: Publications International Ltd Publisher: Brain Games - Sticker by Lette ISBN: 9781640305038 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 52
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Sticker Puzzles: Totally Cool! is a compelling activity to keep your child's brain engaged to create totally cool art. Similar to color or paint by number, this sticker activity book features designs that are divided into spaces, each with a letter, that corresponds to a sticker. Find the sticker, peel it, and place it in the right space. Watch as a full colored image emerges from the original unfinished illustration. Includes 10 cool images to sticker: unicorn, butterfly, donuts, snowboarder, toucan and more! Fun facts are featured with each image The wire spiral and perforated pages make the book easy to use! 8-1/2" x 10" 52 pages
Author: Katherine Garner Publisher: ISBN: 9780692745366 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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An educational toolkit for teaching phonics, consisting of a book, posters and musical CD, all of which provides for multiple options and inputs for learning, including: visual-icons, auditory and kinesthetic motor skill manipulations, as well as a variety of dramatic and emotive cuing-systems designed to target the affective learning domain. This "backdoor-approach" to phonemic skill acquisition is based on current neural research on Learning & the Brain--specifically how our brains actually learn best!The Secret Stories® primary purpose is to equip beginning (or struggling, upper grade) readers and writers, as well as their instructors, with the tools necessary to easily and effectively crack the secret reading and writing codes that lie beyond the alphabet, and effectively out of reach for so many learners! It is not a phonics program! Rather, it simply provides the missing pieces learners need to solve the complex reading puzzle--one that some might never solve otherwise! The Secrets(tm) are sure to become one of the most valuable, well-used, and constantly relied-upon teaching tools in your instructional repertoire!
Author: Julia Cook Publisher: National Center for Youth Issues ISBN: 1953945031 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 33
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BECOMING is better than BEING. I have Bubble Gum Brain. I like to chew on my thoughts, flex, bend and stretch my brain, and expand the way I think! I make great mistakes that help me learn. I have Brick Brain. With me, things are the way they are...and they're probably not going to change much. I am the way I am...and that's just how it is. Meet Bubble Gum Brain and Brick Brain: two kids with two VERY different mindsets. Bubble Gum Brain likes to have fun adventures, learn new things, and doesn't worry about making great mistakes. Brick Brain is convinced that things are just fine the way they are and there's not much he can do to change them, so why try? When Bubble Gum Brain shows Brick Brain how to peel off his wrapper, Brick Brain begins to realize just how much more fun school...and life... can be! This creative story teaches children (and adults) the valuable lesson that becoming is better than being, which can open the door to a whole new world of possibilities! Ready, Get Mindset...GROW!!
Author: Derrick de Kerckhove
Author: Derrick de Kerckhove
Author: Leonard Shlain
Author: Derrick De Kerckhove
Author: Derrick de Kerckhove
Author: Publications International Ltd
Author: Publications International Ltd
Author: James R. Doty, MD
Author: Publications International Ltd
Author: Katherine Garner
Author: Julia Cook