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To reach this conclusion, the scientists scanned the brains of 30 volunteers as they read classic pieces of English literature. And, among other things, they detected that brain electrical activity increased as prose became more complicated . In addition, reading poetry (written by the English romantic poet William Wordsworth) increased activity in the right hemisphere of the brain, specifically in the area linked to autobiographical memory.