Maryanne Wolf

Will the generation after yours still be able to read? If we think of “reading” as basic literacy, then the answer is surely “Yes.” But, what if we think of reading as the ability to sit down with a 300 page physical book and concentrate on it and ponder its depths? What if we think of reading in the way it is portrayed in those images of yore, of a person in a room with a book and no distractions, no computers or phones or televisions? Will that kind of reading still exist in the generation … [Read more...] about Deep Reading Brain, RIP