Tag: reading
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Reading. Breathing.
Reading is something very complex. Moving from what letters look like to what they sound like is a complex multi-sensory task that requires cooperation among brain areas specialized for visual and auditory processing. Researchers call this collection of specialized brain regions that map letters to sounds (or phonemes) the reading network. The extent to which…
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Building memories…
You are more likely to remember something if you read it out loud, a study from the University of Waterloo has found. A recent Waterloo study found that speaking text aloud helps to get words into long-term memory. Dubbed the "production effect," the study determined that it is the dual action of speaking and hearing…
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Read books. Drop iPhones...
Book. One of the most advanced inventions known to man. It bends and yet it returns to it's original form. It can be used without battery! It can be processed and store information directly into the mind! It can be used with no hands! One can take notes on passages he finds interesting! (with another…
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Reading books. Making things. Darwin right. Darwin wrong...
In the small town of Fayetteville in northern New York, you'll find the local library in an old furniture factory dating from the turn of the 20th century. The refurbished building retains hints of its industrial past: wooden floors, exposed beams, walls lined with carefully labelled tools. But instead of quietly perusing stacks of books,…
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9 steps to choose a good philosophy book
1. Do not look where your eyes fall at first glance. Books at the level of your gaze are the easy-sold "best seller" books. Nothing good can come out of those. 2. Look at places where it is difficult to reach for a book (usually corners or shelves which are too low or too high).…
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