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Reading books has many benefits for our brain, and it's also a great way to learn a language. In this video I talk about my approach to reading in different languages and how I manage to enjoy the process despite the difficulties.

Sources:
1. Reading and the Brain: https://hms.harvard.edu/newsevents/p...
2. 10 Brain Reasons To Make Reading a Habit: https://kwikbrain.medium.com/10brain...
3. Your Brain on Books: https://www.matherhospital.org/wellne...
4. L’apprentissage de la lecture et ses difficultés:    • L’apprentissage de la lecture et ses ...  
5. People Use Same Brain Regions to Read Alphabetic and Logographic Languages: https://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...
6. How does the brain read different scripts? Evidence from English, Korean, and Chinese: https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...
7. Reading on Paper Versus Screens: What’s the Difference? https://www.brainfacts.org/neuroscien...
8. Spokenword audio statistics 2022: Listener habits & demographics: https://beyondwords.io/knowledgebase...

⏲ TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Reading
1:07 Humans and reading
2:46 Connection between reading and listening
3:28 How the brain processes different writing systems
4:02 Reading in the brain
5:16 Other benefits of reading
5:52 Reading on paper or digitally?
8:38 Books and technology
10:31 How to enjoy reading

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