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I forgot to add that if you're interested in how our reading is changing, Maryanne Wolf's research is great. Her book 'Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a
by andrelaszlo 8y ago
I forgot to add that if you're interested in how our reading is changing, Maryanne Wolf's research is great. Her book 'Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World' gives a great overview of a diverse way of looking at reading. (I haven't read 'Proust and the Squid' yet, by the same author, but I think it touches on similar topics)
According to Wolf, our "reading circuits" are changing on a neurological level, affecting reasoning, critical thinking and even empathy.
On the other hand were getting better at skim reading, quickly sorting through mountains of lower value information.
This article in the Guardian gives a great summary:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/25/skim-reading-new-normal-maryanne-wolf https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/25/skim-r...
Another good article on the topic, if you happen to prefer French, from Usbec & Rica:
https://m.usbeketrica.com/article/a-plus-vous-lisez-en-diagonale-plus-votre-cerveau-reclame-de-la-rapidite https://m.usbeketrica.com/article/a-plus-vous-lisez-en-diago...
(Disclaimer: Both The Guardian and Usbek & Rica are supplying articles for our platform)