Proust and the squid: the story and science of the reading brain

How the brain learned to read

Reading lessons from Proust and the squid

How the brain adapted itself to read: the first writing systems

The birth of an alphabet and Socrates' protests

How the brain learns to read over time

The beginnings of reading development, or not

The "natural history" of reading development: connecting the parts of the young reading brain

The unending story of reading's development

When the brain can't learn to read

Dyslexia's puzzle and the brain's design

Genes, gifts, and dyslexia

From the reading brain to "what comes next."