Day 10

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Benefits of Reading

A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.
-Will Rogers

 

I'm fond of reading, I always like to learn some new thing from books. I've shared one article from Readers Digest. 

 

Reading gives muscle to your memory.

Reading gives your brain a different kind of workout than watching TV or listening to the radio. Whether you’re absorbed in a page-turner or simply scanning an instruction manual for your coffee maker, “parts of the brain that have evolved for other functions—such as vision, language, and associative learning—connect in a specific neural circuit for reading, which is very challenging," Ken Pugh, PhD, president and director of research of Haskins Laboratories, told Oprah magazine. The habit spurs your brain to think and concentrate.