Reading in the BrainBy: Stanislas Dehaene "Brings together the cognitive, the cultural, and the neurological in an elegant, compelling narrative. A revelatory work." Oliver Sacks, M. D. The act of reading is so easily taken for granted that we forget what an astounding feat it is. How can a few black marks on white paper evoke an entire universe of meanings? It's even more amazing when we consider that we read using a primate brain that evolved to serve an entirely