Americans spend an average of - 16 minutes reading - each day. While women read slightly more than men, they still spend less than 20 minutes a day curled up with a good book. Americans now spend less time reading than ever before, which means they’re missing out on the benefits and depriving their brain of much needed "exercise." - A recent study - shows that reading can improve your brain function...
Reading a good book can provide entertainment and relaxation, but it also turns out that it can be good for the brain, too. Reading changes the way we visualize and process information, ranging from identifying important facts to allowing us to better recognize people's faces. Since -reading is relatively new- in the grand scheme of things, with humans only inventing the act a few thousand years ago,...