Reading: The Science and the Pleasure
BBC LovetoRead campaign: Michael Rosen on the pleasure of and the science behind reading.
Word of Mouth · BBC Radio 4
October 11, 201627m 35s
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Show Notes
As part of the BBC LovetoRead campaign, Michael Rosen talks about his first experience in reading, with Dr Laura Wright, and how and what he reads now. They're joined by cognitive psychologist Professor Kathy Rastle to explain the amazing process by which we read, and to find out how fast the average reader reads, and how many words they know.. Producer Beth O'Dea.