Today Michael Dirda wrote in the Washingtonpost.com that reading is hard work for the brain, as Maryanne Wolf’s new book Proust and the Squid proves.
What surprising news does the story and science of the reading brain reveal? Did you know, for instance…
1. Your brain makes new connections among new and older structur
es2. It’s important to read and analyze texts in many different ways to avoid rewiring the brain into readers who are mere decoders of information.
3. Done poorly, reading can distract people from the deeper development of their intellectual potential.
4. Reading involves three key areas of the brain – that help people to recognize words – develop visual expertise and reach for familiar concepts that help us to make meanings.
5. More than ever before - reading matters – but it’s done differently in a digital world.
Whether you like to read or you’d like to read more – you’ll appreciate what Maryanne Wolf, from Tufts University reveals about the physiological character of the reading, human brain.
How does reading impact your work and life?
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