Learning to Read: Biology to Culture
Written language and alphabets are cultural creations, but our capacity to learn how to read and write is rooted in our biology. Professor Kate Nation describes recent progress in the science of learning to read. Part of the Brain Diaries exhibition programme (www.braindiaries.org)
Date:
22 November 2017, 18:30 (Wednesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2017)
Venue:
University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road OX1 3PW
Venue Details:
Lecture Theatre
Speaker:
Professor Kate Nation (University of Oxford)
Organising department:
University Museum of Natural History
Organiser:
Scott Billings (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
communications@oum.ox.ac.uk
Topics:
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/learning-to-read-biology-to-culture-tickets-37090594968
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Scott Billings
