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Your Brain on Books: 10 Ways Reading Affects Psyche

Your Brain on Books: 10 Ways Reading Affects Psyche | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
Diving into a great novel can be an immersive experience that makes your mind come alive. Want to give your brain a workout? Open a foreign language novel.
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Do your learners know what happens when the read, or when stories are read to them. This post, from the Open Education Database, provides a visual (that you may want to print out and share with learners and their families) as well as 10 ways that reading helps your brain workout. The list is below.

* We make photos in our mind, even without being prompted.

* Spoken word can put your brain to work.

* Reading about experiences is almost the same as living it.

* Different styles of reading create different patterns in the brain.

* New languages can grow your brain.

* Your brain adapts to reading e-books in seven days.

* E-books lack in spatial navigability.

* Story structure encourages our brain to think in sequence, expanding our attention spans.

* Reading changes your brain structure (in a good way)).

* Deep reading makes us more empathetic.

To learn more about each of these points click through to the post.

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The rise of e-reading | Pew Internet Libraries

The rise of e-reading | Pew Internet Libraries | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
21% of Americans have read an e-book. The increasing availability of e-content is prompting some to read more than in the past and to prefer buying books to borrowing them.
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E-Reading Trends - A Closer Look at the Growing Popularity of eBooks (Infographic)

E-Reading Trends - A Closer Look at the Growing Popularity of eBooks (Infographic) | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

"E-reading has taken America by storm, with more and more people preferring their Kindles to any other medium. We take a look at the current trends in E-Reading, including what type of people prefer e-reading, and what the best selling devices are.

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