There's no question that our children's attention and memory is changing when they are reading too long, too much, too early on… — Maryanne Wolf Attention Copy Share Image
Literacy is so much entwined in our lives that we often fail to realize that the act of reading is a miracle… — Maryanne Wolf Fail Copy Share Image
We know from research that the reading circuit is not given to human beings through a genetic blueprint like vision or language;… — Maryanne Wolf Adapt Copy Share Image
The integration of the simpler and the deeper reading processes is not automatic and requires years of learning by the novice reader,… — Maryanne Wolf Books Copy Share Image
The acquisition of literacy is one of the most important epigenetic achievements of Homo sapiens. To our knowledge, no other species ever… — Maryanne Wolf Important Copy Share Image
I worry that the superficial way we read during the day is affecting us when we have to read with more in-depth… — Maryanne Wolf Day Copy Share Image
We are the worst of fools if we do not teach every child to become truly expert, deep readers. — Maryanne Wolf Become Copy Share Image
As a cognitive neuroscientist and scholar of reading, I am particularly concerned with the plight of the reading brain as it encounters… — Maryanne Wolf Books Copy Share Image
I have no doubt that the digital immersion of our children will provide a rich life of entertainment and information and knowledge.… — Maryanne Wolf Children Copy Share Image
It's an individual waste and it's an economic waste for Australia not to recognise dyslexia. — Maryanne Wolf Australia Copy Share Image
Inevitably, there will be many aspects of culture that would benefit from a more reflective or contemplative approach to them. — Maryanne Wolf Approach Copy Share Image
Digital technology can be a great resource, but it can also be a pernicious one, so it's how we, as a society,… — Maryanne Wolf Better job Copy Share Image