Reading books can exercise your brain and even boost your emotional intelligence. Despite this, about a quarter of all Americans haven’t read a book in the last year and our overall book-reading time is on the decline.
— Article by Dan Seitz via PopSci
Science has found that reading is essential for a healthy brain.
We already know reading is good for children’s developing noggins: A study of twins at the University of California at Berkeley found that kids who started reading at an earlier age went on to perform better on certain intelligence tests, such as analyses of their vocabulary size.
Other studies show that reading continues to develop the brains of adults. One 2012 Stanford University study, where people read passages of Jane Austen while inside an MRI, indicates that different types of reading exercise different parts of your brain. As you get older, another study suggests, reading might help slow down or even halt the cognitive decline.
Words on a page can also improve your emotional intelligence.
A 2016 overview of the issue demonstrated that fiction readers tend to have a well-developed sense of what psychologists call “theory of mind.” This is the ability to attribute mental states to yourself and to others and to grasp that other people may have different desires, emotions, and thoughts. As a result, regular readers show more empathy for other people. So books can not only stretch your brain, but also make you a better person.
Now dig down and read more in 2019; books are good for your brain.
These techniques will help you read more:
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Science has found that reading is essential for a healthy brain.
We already know reading is good for children’s developing noggins: A study of twins at the University of California at Berkeley found that kids who started reading at an earlier age went on to perform better on certain intelligence tests, such as analyses of their vocabulary size.
Other studies show that reading continues to develop the brains of adults. One 2012 Stanford University study, where people read passages of Jane Austen while inside an MRI, indicates that different types of reading exercise different parts of your brain. As you get older, another study suggests, reading might help slow down or even halt the cognitive decline.
Words on a page can also improve your emotional intelligence.
A 2016 overview of the issue demonstrated that fiction readers tend to have a well-developed sense of what psychologists call “theory of mind.” This is the ability to attribute mental states to yourself and to others and to grasp that other people may have different desires, emotions, and thoughts. As a result, regular readers show more empathy for other people. So books can not only stretch your brain, but also make you a better person.
Now dig down and read more in 2019; books are good for your brain.
These techniques will help you read more:
Books are good for your brain. These techniques will help you read more.
Reading books can exercise your brain and even boost your emotional intelligence. Despite this, about a quarter of all Americans haven't read a book in the last year and our overall book-reading time is on the decline. In the new year, it's time to buck this trend.
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