'The benefits are plenty, which is especially important
in a distracted, smartphone age in which one-quarter of American
children don’t learn to read. This not only endangers them socially and intellectually, but cognitively handicaps them for life. One 2009 study
of 72 children ages eight to ten discovered that reading creates new
white matter in the brain, which improves system-wide communication. '
'White matter carries information between regions of
grey matter, where any information is processed. Not only does reading
increase white matter, it helps information be processed more
efficiently.'
'Hard glutes are one thing. Novel reading is a great way
to practice being human. Rather than sprints and punches, how about
something more primitive and necessary in a society, like empathy? As
you dive deeper into Rabbit Angstrom’s follies or Jason Taylor coming of
age, you not only feel their pain and joy. You actually experience it.'
'Because reading does in fact make us more intelligent. Research shows
that reading not only helps with fluid intelligence, but with reading
comprehension and emotional intelligence as well. You make smarter
decisions about yourself and those around you.'
http://bigthink.com/21st-century-spirituality/reading-rewires-your-brain-for-more-intelligence-and-empathy#
This article was particularly interesting as it indicates the necessity of reading, it not only increases our intelligence but also our ability to imagine how others are feeling. Beres even talks about a study in which participant were read poetry and their bodily and neurological reactions were measured. It turns out that poetry affect parts of the brain that not even film or music will induce. It shows that reading as a power that shouldn't be forgotten by our generation!!
Perhaps at the book cafe their could be evenings spent reading allowed famous poems as a collective to stimulate these parts of the brain that are important for our development as individuals.
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