Audiobook is not reading. I'd be curious about the rate of learning new words for someone that reads a book versus someone that listens to it. I think the act

Audiobook is not reading. I'd be curious about the rate of learning new words for someone that reads a book versus someone that listens to it. I think the act of reading is much more mentally involved than the one of listening, after all, we can only really read when we are 4 to 5 years old at least. Meaning it is a more complicated cognitive task and so the brain engages the activity differently. Which probably leads to different results. I mean, audiobooks will generally add tone and whatnot to dialogues too. It is a less imaginative task for the listener. Obviously, none of this is to say that audiobooks aren't great. But it's just not reading. Personally I am listening to "the expanse" series of novels and I do this while I just go out and walk. The audiobook is a great motivator for me to go out and do things as this is the only time I listen. I might start to incorporate it into exercise routine and house chores, to make these more pleasant experiences. But obviously this at the same time implies that my attention is going to be divided. And that's okay. That's kind of how I treat audiobooks.