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·June 28, 2023·6 min read

Childhood Reading Habits Boost Brain and Mental Health in Teens

Encouraging children to indulge in reading for pleasure can enhance their cognitive and mental health during adolescence, a recent study reveals. The research, involving over 10,000 young adolescents from the US, discovered that an optimal reading duration of 12 hours per week contributed to improved brain structure and mental health.

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·April 17, 2023·5 min read

Two Brain Networks Are Activated While Reading

Two distinct networks in the frontal and temporal lobes become activated and work in unison to integrate the meaning of words in order to obtain a higher-order and more complex meaning when reading.

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·April 7, 2023·5 min read

In Bilingual Readers, the Visual Cortex Processes Latin and Chinese Characters Differently

In people who are bilingual in English and Chinese, certain cortical areas react specifically to Chinese ideograms and appear to be involved in facial recognition processing.

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·March 21, 2023·5 min read

Readers Found to Rely on Word Spelling Rather Than Sound in Reading

Both adults and young children rely on orthographic information, or letter image and word length, over phonological information when reading.

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·January 23, 2023·7 min read

Can Reading Help Heal Us and Process Our Emotions, or Is That Just a Story We Tell Ourselves?

Many say reading a good book can help us to process complex emotions, but is that really the case? Researchers investigate how cathartic reading can be.

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·January 23, 2023·7 min read

Children Learn to Read Faster – Given Appropriate Challenges

When teaching a child to read, giving them challenges individually adapted to their levels is most effective.

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·January 13, 2023·6 min read

How Your Mood Affects the Way You Process Language

Those in negative moods may be better able to spot inconsistencies in the things they read. The findings shed light on how mood affects language processing.

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·December 15, 2022·4 min read

Brain Stimulation Found to Improve Reading Ability in Macular Degeneration Patients

Transcranial direct current stimulation can help improve reading for those with age-related macular degeneration.

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·December 6, 2022·5 min read

Reading for Pleasure Strengthens Memory in Older Adults

Reading can help to improve both episodic and long-term memory in older adults.

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·November 17, 2022·7 min read

Not Every Young Reader’s Struggle Is the Same

Brain signatures and types of difficulties children of a lower socioeconomic status experience when it comes to reading are different from those children who struggle to read but are from a higher socioeconomic status.

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·October 18, 2022·4 min read

Literacy Influences Understanding of Speech

The writing system with which we learn to read may influence how we process speech, researchers report. Findings suggest the ability to write influences the way in which our brains process language.