reading

Knowing how to understand what is read is essential to conduct oneself with autonomy through life, so it is a social failure to verify that children are shipwrecked when reading a text.

If you are reading this, you are probably focusing more on the details of the text than on its overall meaning. Or so scientists say.

They show that learning to read and write has incredible effects on the structure of our brain.

Reading books can increase our life expectancy. What other benefits does reading bring us?

Dyslexia is a disorder that affects the acquisition and learning of reading and writing that, according to statistics, could affect around 5 to 17% of the population.

A recent study by researchers at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Humanities states that this is not the case.

According to Guillermo García Ribas, Coordinator of the Behavior and Dementia Study Group of the Spanish Neurology Society (SEN), “reading is one of the most beneficial activities for health, since it has been shown to stimulate brain activity and strengthen neural connections ”. An active brain not only performs its functions better, but also increases the speed of response. But also, in recent years, there have been many studies that have linked the level of reading and writing with an increase in cognitive reserve.

According to the report 'Reading and Buying Books 2011' prepared by the Federation of Publishers Guilds of Spain, when reading, men use digital media more than women. 90.4 percent of those surveyed affirmed that they read any type of material and medium at least once a quarter, and newspapers are the most widely read format, above books, comics and magazines.