Ever wonder whether there's a difference in how the brain processes audiobooks versus paper books? As it turns out, the brain actually creates images better when being read to than when reading from a book. This will probably come as no surprise to anyone who has listened while staring into space, envisioning the action of the audiobook. PsychCentral has collected links to the research proving this in a great article:
"What this research revealed perhaps argues for the superiority of the audio book: Reading interferes with imagery.
When you think about it, this makes sense because (as the researchers explain) reading and imagining both require visual representation. It appears that when the visual bits of our brain are busy taking in the written word, there’s less of them available for creating an image of the content."
Click here for the rest of the article--it's definitely worth it!
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