Why reading matters : holistic study for the digital age / BBC Worldwide Ltd.

Human beings were never born to read. This program seeks to understand how the brain, which has evolved no hardwired "reading center," made the leap to literacy; why reading well-crafted writing is so profoundly important to intellectual and emotional development; and whether the Internet, with its...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Films on Demand.
Corporate Authors: BBC Worldwide Ltd
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2010], ©2009.
Series:Films on Demand.
Subjects:
Adolescence.
Brain > Physiology.
Child development.
Education > Social aspects.
Educational psychology.
Learning, Psychology of.
Linguistics.
Memory.
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Genre:
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:1 online resource (59 min.) : sound, color, digital file.
Variant Title:
Holistic study for the digital age
Format: Electronic Video
Contents:
  • Why Reading Matters More than Ever (2:18)
  • Inside the Human Brain (1:30)
  • How Did the Brain Make the Leap to Literacy? (1:56)
  • The Taxi Driver Study (2:32)
  • Study of an Altered Mind (1:42)
  • Where is the Brain's Reading Center? (2:27)
  • Cerebral Internet (1:23)
  • Learning Literacy (2:10)
  • Brain Muscle Analogy (0:46)
  • Questioning the Visceral Effects of Shakespeare (2:28)
  • Studying the Visceral Effects of Shakespeare (1:46)
  • Explaining the Visceral Effects of Shakespeare (2:45)
  • Priming the Mind (1:25)
  • Reading Molds the Mind (1:57)
  • Powerhouse of the Bronte Family (1:46)
  • Reading Changed Everything (1:42)
  • Reading Liberates (2:46)
  • Creative Reading (1:34)
  • Early Brain Science (1:09)
  • Mind Blindness (1:04)
  • Emotion Center of the Brain (0:40)
  • Explanation of Mirror Neurons (2:00)
  • Measuring Brain Response to Action Words (1:31)
  • Explaining Brain Response to Action Words (2:48)
  • Survival Benefit of Empathy (1:16)
  • Get Into Reading (2:42)
  • Read Alters Minds (1:44)
  • Impact of Television in Reading in Britain (1:32)
  • Reading is at Risk (1:16)
  • Criticism of Digital Media (1:30)
  • Do Video Games Alter the Mind? (1:32)
  • Teenage Intensity (1:41)
  • Can a Video Game Create Empathy? (0:59)
  • Importance of Reading (1:07)