title: Inside the letterbox: how literacy transforms the human brain.
abstract: Few issues are as important to the future of humanity as acquiring literacy. Brain-scanning technology and cognitive tests on a variety of subjects by one of the world's foremost cognitive neuroscientists has led to a better understanding of how a region of the brain responds to visual stimuli. The results could profoundly affect learning and help individuals with reading disabilities.
authors.forename: Stanislas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dehaene