When you get lost in a book, you often enter a trance-like state similar to meditation and that state is deeply protective.” ...
Psychology and neuroscience provide intriguing answers.
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Fun fact: Reading about someone else actually activates "mirror neurons," circuits in our neurological system that may cause ...
Reading promises so much: better mental health, a sense of wellbeing, cultural and educational enrichment, even greater ...
Books seem obsolete. I’m not just talking about the printed book but also E-readers like Kindle. Books are slow, inefficient, and, far less visual than TV or movies. Articles are efficient and contain ...
Why unsettling books linger long after comfort fades, revealing how literary discomfort often signals honesty, depth, and ...
Meanwhile an UnHerd op-ed last year argued that “the literary man is not dead”, positing that there exists a subculture of ...