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Learning to read actually re-wires the circuits of your brain. Humans started reading from clay tablets and paper books six thousand years ago, and now we're suddenly reading digital texts on our tablets and phones. UCLA Professor Maryanne Wolf explores how the shift from an analog to a digital reading environment is changing our brains … and may be changing us as a society.
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Learning to read actually re-wires the circuits of your brain. Humans started reading from clay tablets and paper books six thousand years ago, and now we're suddenly reading digital texts on our tablets and phones. UCLA Professor Maryanne Wolf explores how the shift from an analog to a digital reading environment is changing our brains … and may be changing us as a society.

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