Lector, vuelve a casa

In the last decade, the way we process written language has changed dramatically. We live surrounded by screens, in many cases we have become addicted to them, and that has raised multiple concerns about how this is changing our brain and, above all, that of our children. In Lector Returns Home, Maryanne Wolf immerses herself in scientific research that addresses the transformation of the brains of children who learn to read and of adults who read in a different way. But the book is not only based on science, but on history, literature, philosophy and pedagogy. Written as if it were letters addressed to us - your dear readers - Wolf, a specialist in reading and learning, faces your concerns and hopes about the way we relate to language. And it does so by assuming something that many of us have begun to notice: even lifelong readers are changing their habits and their ability to concentrate has been altered. Provocative and intriguing, Reader Returns Home is a guide that offers us a hopeful, but not naive, perspective of the impact technology has on our brains and our most essential intellectual capacities. And it points out what that can mean for the future.