Here is the link to Annie Murphy Paul's "The Neuroscience of Your Brain on Fiction."
What did you think of this article? If fiction has such an impact on
our brains, does that make the decline in reading even more significant?
I thought the article was very interesting and informative. I didnt know that the brain doesnt make much of a distinction between reading about an experience and encountering it it real life. I belive the decline in reading is more significant; but if our brains react that way to reading words from a book, wouldnt it be the same for reading on the internet and e-books? -Haley Horiuchi
This article is very interesting. It made me constantly thinking about it. I did not believe it at first, but after a while I saw it apply to my everyday life. It is really fascinating how reading can amplify your learning experience.
I think reading is not on the decline, but more changing shape and moving to technology. Do you agree?
It is very interesting and it seems to prove the old belief that one can experience everything with reading books. I think it is really true by comparing experiences from reading books and a real life.
Plus, I also think the number of people reading books are not on the decline. Actually, there are sources of reading because of technologies in these days, but there are some disadvantages of it. -Minsu Kim
I thought this article was very interesting. I've noticed a lot of times that when I'm reading a very detailed description of a character doing or feeling something it has an impact on me, sometimes almost like I can feel it too. For example in the middle of summer when I'm nice and warm, if I read a passage about someone bitterly cold, I feel chilled; in the winter, if I read about someone laying in the hot sunshine feeling the sun on their skin, I feel the sun as well. It is amazing the power that books have, to give us experiences that we may not have been able to get otherwise. And I do say books, not just reading anything on the internet, because most of the stuff, at least what I see most of the time on the internet, is not detailed descriptions, and it is important to have those descriptive details to really feel like you are getting the experience. -Ashleigh Saunders
I thought the article was very interesting and informative. I didnt know that the brain doesnt make much of a distinction between reading about an experience and encountering it it real life.
ReplyDeleteI belive the decline in reading is more significant; but if our brains react that way to reading words from a book, wouldnt it be the same for reading on the internet and e-books?
-Haley Horiuchi
This article is very interesting. It made me constantly thinking about it. I did not believe it at first, but after a while I saw it apply to my everyday life. It is really fascinating how reading can amplify your learning experience.
ReplyDeleteI think reading is not on the decline, but more changing shape and moving to technology. Do you agree?
It is very interesting and it seems to prove the old belief that one can experience everything with reading books. I think it is really true by comparing experiences from reading books and a real life.
ReplyDeletePlus, I also think the number of people reading books are not on the decline. Actually, there are sources of reading because of technologies in these days, but there are some disadvantages of it.
-Minsu Kim
I thought this article was very interesting. I've noticed a lot of times that when I'm reading a very detailed description of a character doing or feeling something it has an impact on me, sometimes almost like I can feel it too. For example in the middle of summer when I'm nice and warm, if I read a passage about someone bitterly cold, I feel chilled; in the winter, if I read about someone laying in the hot sunshine feeling the sun on their skin, I feel the sun as well. It is amazing the power that books have, to give us experiences that we may not have been able to get otherwise. And I do say books, not just reading anything on the internet, because most of the stuff, at least what I see most of the time on the internet, is not detailed descriptions, and it is important to have those descriptive details to really feel like you are getting the experience.
ReplyDelete-Ashleigh Saunders