CNA Staff, Dec 3, 2020 / 11:00 am
A Catholic scholar who specializes in dyslexia has warned that children must be exposed to physical books - and not just screens - if they are to develop the skills necessary for analysis and in-depth thinking.
Maryanne Wolf was featured on a podcast entitled, "The Power of Reading: Changing Our Own Brains – Screens vs. Books," which was produced by the Simbi Foundation as part of its "Impact in the 21st Century" series.
Wolf is a professor-in-residence at UCLA and is the director of the Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice. She also co-founded Curious Learning: A Global Literacy Initiative, which seeks to address the educational needs of under-resourced communities.
Her research is focused on language, the reading brain, and dyslexia. She was also elected as one of the 80 members of the Vatican's Pontifical Academy of Sciences.