Marianne Wolfe
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Podcast Appearances
No, you ask it because, and I have answered it, because it is on the top of everyone's mind. I love audiobooks, and I especially like them for commuting or for, and I work with a lot of individuals with dyslexia. That's one of the best ways they can get information. Now, is it the same as reading at the immersive level? For some, it is. But by and large, it does skip what is called reading.
No, you ask it because, and I have answered it, because it is on the top of everyone's mind. I love audiobooks, and I especially like them for commuting or for, and I work with a lot of individuals with dyslexia. That's one of the best ways they can get information. Now, is it the same as reading at the immersive level? For some, it is. But by and large, it does skip what is called reading.
Comprehension monitoring. That's when we're reading and we are actually checking ourselves, checking what we have missed, what we have skipped. And in the audio version, by and large, we don't go back.
Comprehension monitoring. That's when we're reading and we are actually checking ourselves, checking what we have missed, what we have skipped. And in the audio version, by and large, we don't go back.
Comprehension monitoring. That's when we're reading and we are actually checking ourselves, checking what we have missed, what we have skipped. And in the audio version, by and large, we don't go back.
There are many other differences, but I'll name one in particular that's important for development and for especially children and individuals over time, and that is the palpable kinesthetic nature of the book because it aids spatial memory. So, Sean, here's a book. I could find, oh, it's left side, lower, about a third of the way through. I have a spatial memory that we aren't even aware of.
There are many other differences, but I'll name one in particular that's important for development and for especially children and individuals over time, and that is the palpable kinesthetic nature of the book because it aids spatial memory. So, Sean, here's a book. I could find, oh, it's left side, lower, about a third of the way through. I have a spatial memory that we aren't even aware of.
There are many other differences, but I'll name one in particular that's important for development and for especially children and individuals over time, and that is the palpable kinesthetic nature of the book because it aids spatial memory. So, Sean, here's a book. I could find, oh, it's left side, lower, about a third of the way through. I have a spatial memory that we aren't even aware of.
So there's all these extra, if you will, affordances when we have the physical printed book.
So there's all these extra, if you will, affordances when we have the physical printed book.
So there's all these extra, if you will, affordances when we have the physical printed book.
I'm mostly worried about the young. Junot Diaz said, it's the closest thing to telepathy humans ever get. And that's an amazing, amazingly beautiful, almost mind-boggling opportunity that goes missing. It just plain goes missing when you do not ever understand what that means. that sense of interiority, that sense of immersion can give you. I'll give you the tiniest example.
I'm mostly worried about the young. Junot Diaz said, it's the closest thing to telepathy humans ever get. And that's an amazing, amazingly beautiful, almost mind-boggling opportunity that goes missing. It just plain goes missing when you do not ever understand what that means. that sense of interiority, that sense of immersion can give you. I'll give you the tiniest example.
I'm mostly worried about the young. Junot Diaz said, it's the closest thing to telepathy humans ever get. And that's an amazing, amazingly beautiful, almost mind-boggling opportunity that goes missing. It just plain goes missing when you do not ever understand what that means. that sense of interiority, that sense of immersion can give you. I'll give you the tiniest example.
Last night, okay, I probably have COVID. I feel really rotten.
Last night, okay, I probably have COVID. I feel really rotten.
Last night, okay, I probably have COVID. I feel really rotten.
So I'm thinking, you know, oh, no, I feel bad. And I have to go talk to Sean in the morning. I have to have a voice. I'm feeling miserable, self-pitying. And then I think, how can I cheer myself up?
So I'm thinking, you know, oh, no, I feel bad. And I have to go talk to Sean in the morning. I have to have a voice. I'm feeling miserable, self-pitying. And then I think, how can I cheer myself up?
So I'm thinking, you know, oh, no, I feel bad. And I have to go talk to Sean in the morning. I have to have a voice. I'm feeling miserable, self-pitying. And then I think, how can I cheer myself up?