Script Effects as the Hidden Drive of the Mind, Cognition, and Culture

Hye K. Pae

ISBN 10: 3030551512 / ISBN 13: 9783030551513

Editore: Springer International Publishing, 2020

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This open access volume reveals the hidden power of the script we read in and how it shapes and drives our minds, ways of thinking, and cultures.Expanding on the Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis (i.e., the idea that language affects the way we think), this volume proposes the 'Script Relativity Hypothesis'(i.e., the idea that the script in which we read affects the way we think) by offering a unique perspective on the effect of script (alphabets, morphosyllabaries, or multi-scripts) on our attention, perception, and problem-solving.Once we become literate, fundamental changes occur in our brain circuitry to accommodate the new demand for resources.The powerful effects of literacy have been demonstrated by research on literate versus illiterate individuals, as well as cross-scriptal transfer, indicating that literate brain networks function differently, depending on the script being read.This book identifies the locus of differences between the Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans, and between the East and the West, as the neural underpinnings of literacy. To supportthe 'Script Relativity Hypothesis', it reviews a vast corpus of empirical studies, including anthropological accounts of human civilization, social psychology, cognitive psychology, neuropsychology, applied linguistics, second language studies, and cross-cultural communication.It also discusses the impact of reading from screens in the digital age, as well as the impact of bi-script or multi-script use, which is a growing trend around the globe.As a result, our minds, ways of thinking, and cultures are now growing closer together, not farther apart.

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• Titolo: Script Effects as the Hidden Drive of the Mind, Cognition, and Culture
• Editore: Springer International Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2020
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3030551512
• ISBN 13: 9783030551513
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 241 L x 160 A x 21 P (millimetri) 241 millimetri di larghezza per 160 millimetri di altezza per 21 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 582 grammi

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<p>This open access volume reveals the hidden power of the script we read in and how it shapes and drives our minds, ways of thinking, and cultures.&nbsp;&nbsp;Expanding on the Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis (i.e., the idea that language affects the way we think), this volume proposes the “Script Relativity Hypothesis”&nbsp;(i.e., the idea that the script in which we read affects the way we think) by offering a unique perspective on the effect of script (alphabets, morphosyllabaries, or multi-scripts) on our attention, perception, and problem-solving.&nbsp;&nbsp;Once we become literate, fundamental changes occur in our brain circuitry to accommodate the new demand for resources.&nbsp;&nbsp;The powerful effects of literacy have been demonstrated by research on literate versus illiterate individuals, as well as cross-scriptal transfer, indicating that literate brain networks function differently, depending on the script being read.&nbsp;&nbsp;This book identifies the locus of differences between the Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans, and between the East and the West, as the neural underpinnings of literacy.&nbsp; To support&nbsp;the “Script Relativity Hypothesis<i>”</i>, it reviews a vast corpus of empirical studies, including anthropological accounts of human civilization, social psychology, cognitive psychology, neuropsychology, applied linguistics, second language studies, and cross-cultural communication.&nbsp;It also discusses the impact of reading from screens in the digital age, as well as the impact of bi-script or multi-script use, which is a growing trend around the globe.&nbsp;&nbsp;As a result, our minds, ways of thinking, and cultures are now growing closer together, not farther apart.</p><p></p>

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Hye K. Pae, Ph.D., is currently a Professor of Applied Linguistics and Psycholinguistics in the Literacy and Second Language Studies Program at the University of Cincinnati, U.S.A.&nbsp; Her main research centers on the relationship between reading and cognition, reading in the first and second languages, cross-linguistic influences, and assessment challenges across cultures.&nbsp; Her work in these areas has appeared in books, book chapters, and a number of articles in main journals of the fields of psycholinguistics, second language studies, and assessment.