{"id":174338,"date":"2022-01-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/?p=174338"},"modified":"2022-02-01T00:14:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T21:14:13","slug":"5-interesting-changes-in-your-mind-and-body-from-reading-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/5-interesting-changes-in-your-mind-and-body-from-reading-books","title":{"rendered":"5 Interesting Changes in Your Mind and Body from Reading Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nImage coverImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/images\/post\/user-8293\/vb602n.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">I hope that there is no one who does not know how valuable reading a book is for personal development. Thanks to books, we expand our world of knowledge and imagination, meet people we have never met, and learn to empathize. At some point, reading is one of the things that makes us who we are.<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">Although our teachers, family and environment tell us how useful reading is from a young age, sometimes these words can be left in the air because we are not provided with scientific support. At this point, scientists and their research come into play. Here are 6 of those valuable studies.<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1787826683754973\" data-ad-slot=\"3264820100\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"line nHR\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<h2>1) Begins to reduce stress.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/images\/post\/user-8293\/yidiuy.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">In 2009, scientists at the University of Sussex in England measured how different activities reduce stress by measuring heart rate and muscle tension. With this <a class=\"ceo-tooltip-top\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/health\/news\/5070874\/Reading-can-help-reduce-stress.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/health\/news\/5070874\/Reading-can-help-reduce-stress.html\">research<\/a> , it was found that reading a book or newspaper for just six minutes reduced stress levels by 68%.<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">Reading (68%) has a stronger effect on reducing stress than going for a walk (42%), drinking coffee (54%) and listening to music (61%).<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1787826683754973\" data-ad-slot=\"3264820100\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"line nHR\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<h2>2) According to research, you can increase your average life expectancy.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/images\/post\/user-8293\/04shdl.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">A team at Yale University observed more than 3600 adults over the age of 50 for 12 years. At the end of the <a class=\"ceo-tooltip-top\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0277953616303689\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0277953616303689\">study<\/a> , it was revealed that people who reported reading for 30 minutes a day lived about two years longer than those who read magazines or newspapers.<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">Also, participants who read more than 3.5 hours a week were 23% less likely to die, while participants who read less than 3.5 hours a week were 17% less likely to die.<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\"><a class=\"ceo-tooltip-top\" href=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/bilim-insanlari-acikladi-kitap-okumak-omru-de-uzatiyor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/bilim-insanlari-acikladi-kitap-okumak-omru-de-uzatiyor\">Scientists Announced: Reading Books Extends Life<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1787826683754973\" data-ad-slot=\"3264820100\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"line nHR\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<h2>3) It raises your language skills and cultural knowledge.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/images\/post\/user-8293\/4yhnam.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">In the 1990s, Keith Stanovich and colleagues conducted dozens of studies to assess the relationship between cognitive skills, vocabulary, and reading certain fiction and nonfiction authors. They used the Author Recognition Test, a strong predictor of reading skill, and revealed that the avid readers identified by this test had about 50% larger vocabulary and 50% more non-fictional knowledge.<\/div>\n<p><amp-ad width=\"100vw\" height=\"320\" type=\"adsense\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1787826683754973\" data-ad-slot=\"9068969645\" data-auto-format=\"rspv\" data-full-width=\"\"><\/p>\n<div overflow=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><\/amp-ad><\/p>\n<div class=\"line nHR\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<h2>4) It gives the ability to empathize.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/images\/post\/user-8293\/h0rbul.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">In 2013, a group of volunteers for a study at Harvard University gave people literary fiction (like Alice Munro&#8217;s &#8216;Corrie&#8217;), popular fiction (like Robert Heinlein&#8217;s &#8216;Space Jockey&#8217;), nonfiction (like Charles Mann&#8217;s &#8216;Space Jockey&#8217;). his work &#8216;How the potato changed the world&#8217;) was read. Some of the participants were not read anything.<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">In experiments, those who read works of literary fiction performed better at predicting how the characters would behave and at identifying the emotion encoded in their facial expressions.<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1787826683754973\" data-ad-slot=\"3264820100\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"line nHR\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<h2>5) It makes you a creative and flexible person.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/images\/post\/user-8293\/d507jp.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;In our day-to-day lives, we often think that we have to make a decision so we close our minds to information that can help us. When we read fictional books, we keep our minds open because we can handle uncertainty.&#8221; Maja Djikic &#8211; Psychologist (University of Toronto)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">Maja Djikic conducted a detailed <a class=\"ceo-tooltip-top\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10400419.2013.783735\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10400419.2013.783735\">research<\/a> on 100 participants who read works of fiction and non-fiction. 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Thanks to books, we expand our world of knowledge and imagination, meet people we have never met, and learn to empathize. At some point, reading is one of the things that makes us who we&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8293,"featured_media":134108,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17209],"tags":[20993,21020,20335,20989,20992,21066,21024,21017,21072,21018,21079,21015,20442,20337,21008,20417,20996,21007],"class_list":["post-174338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-self-improvement","tag-ada-en","tag-arastirma-en","tag-bilim-en","tag-dil-en","tag-dunya-en","tag-empat-en","tag-icat-en","tag-karakter-en","tag-kitap-okumak-en","tag-kitaplar-en","tag-muzik-en","tag-oyun-en","tag-questionnaire-en","tag-self-improvement-en","tag-sozler-en","tag-stress-reduction","tag-tanim-en","tag-yay-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8293"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}