196: Focus & The Reading Life, with Maryanne Wolf
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The Science of Reading and Its Unique Nature
The human brain is naturally inclined towards survival instincts rather than mastering complex skills like reading. The process of learning to read is not innate and lacks built-in software, unlike other cognitive abilities such as vision and language. The brain unfolds genetic programming for vision and language, but not for reading. However, the brain does possess magnificent and even miraculous capabilities for acquiring the skill of reading.
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