Reading is by no means a passive activity

'Reading a good book prepares you for real life. Scientists have found that, far from being a way to avoid reality" Reading a good book is also a good way to stimulate your mind, relax you, educate you and many other things. There is still nothing better than relaxing with a good book.

clipped from www.guardian.co.uk Reading Bridget Jones could improve your love life, new study shows t's the news we've all been waiting for: reading a good book prepares you for real life. Scientists have found that, far from being a way to avoid reality could make you better able to cope with similar situations in the real world A brain-imaging study carried out by psychologists at Washington University used functional magnetic resonance imaging to track brain activity as participants read short stories, finding that reading is by no means a passive activity Instead, as participants read from a 1940s text about the daily activities of a young boy, activity in different brain regions increased depending on what was going on in the story So, if the character in the book "pulled a light cord", brain activity increased in the frontal lobe region which controls grasping motions. As the character in the story This study suggests that readers do mental simulation when they comprehend a story