Hey guys look at this! Considering how much I (in fact, all of us these days) read, this is damn good news, yes?
Excerpt: Critical reading of humanities-oriented texts are recognized for fostering analytical thought, but if such results hold across subjects, Phillips says it would suggest “it’s not only what we read—but thinking rigorously about it that’s of value, and that literary study provides a truly valuable exercise of people’s brains.”
Read full article via Futurity.org – MRI reveals brain’s response to reading.
