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Dec 10, 2019 ... My colleagues and I suggest adding these 29 books to your reading list, starting with three novels that stood out for me this year. Reading historical fiction allows us to be moved by what happened. Even after we know the facts, we continue to search for sense and meaning. Apr 5, 2020 ... We've been saying this since 1997: People rarely read online — they're far more likely to scan than read word for word. That's one fundamental ... Feb 24, 2023 ... Reading helps you expand your own imaginative world. As you read, your occipital lobe is activated, the area of your brain responsible for ... The Best (Old) Books We Read in 2024. Because If You Only Read What Everyone Else is Reading... By Emily Temple. December 24, 2024. It's December, and so ... Lesson Summary. Why do we read, and more importantly, why should we read? Reading allows for the transmission of messages and stories over distance and time. Oct 25, 2020 ... Today on the show: Why do we forget some of our favorite books? DUCKWORTH: We don't always remember what we remember. A lot of our knowledge of the reading process comes from studies of eye movements. Our eyes do not move along lines of text in a smooth gradual way. the “good,” the attribution of “colonial” or “white male privilege” to ethnographic classics, or the hackneyed debates on the precariousness of academic life, ... Mar 4, 2020 ... Previous reports from the National Endowment for the Arts have shown long-term declines in book-reading and in the reading of literary texts— ...