This is Your Brain on Books

I’ll be the first to admit that this article isn’t the easiest or the best thing you will ever read but it does raise an interesting question. The study focuses on how the brain processes words when varied which brings up a point that I hadn’t thought about. When there are pictures in books it allows us to understand what is happening or have a basis for the setting and events occurring, but are more areas of your brain activated when pictures are present along with words or when it is strictly one or the other. I am one of those people who loves creating the characters in my mind and that’s why I don’t always see movie adaptations when they come out because I don’t want it to ruin my view of the character. It would just be interesting to study how many and which areas of the brain would be used under the three varying circumstances.

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