Learning to read reshapes how the brain processes language. New research from Baycrest and the University of São Paulo shows that learning to read fundamentally changes how the brain responds to ...

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Reading is a highly valuable skill that allows humans to acquire new knowledge, pursue an education and complete a wide range of real-world tasks. Many past psychology and neuroscience studies set out ...

The novel, “The Tale of Genji,” by a Japanese woman, Murasaki Shikibu, is believed to be the first novel. This was 1,000 years ago, and since then, countless fiction and non-fiction in unimaginable ...

December 20, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — In a groundbreaking step towards merging the world of art and science, The Health Museum in the vibrant Houston Museum District has unveiled its latest ...

Given the complexity of the process, it’s astonishing any human has ever mastered the ability to read. Although written language is ancient — we’ve been at it for roughly 5,000 years — it’s not an ...

Lifelong learning activities, including reading, writing, and learning new languages may help lower Alzheimer's risk, more ...

In her book The Shaking Woman, Siri Hustvedt delights in reading’s power to recast her “internal narrator”: The closest we can get to . . . entrance into another person’s psyche is through reading.