Ifølge et nyt studie offentliggjort i International Journal of Business Administration, maj 2016, så kan det være, at din kærlighed for "let læsning" og webaseret opsamlingstjenester som Reddit, Tumblir og BuzzFeed ikke gavner dig.
Forskerne konkluderede, at det som de studerende læser på deres videregående uddannelse direkte påvirker det niveau af skrivning, de opnår. Faktisk skrev studerende, der læste akademiske magaziner, skønlitteratur og almindelig faglitteratur, med større syntaktisk mesterskab end de som foretrak de førstnævnte muligheder. Desuden gik de højeste antal point til de, der læste akademiske magaziner og den laveste til de, der kun læste webbaseret indhold. Men igen "god skrivning" er ofte subjektivt. Det, som vi virkelig taler om her, er, om vores generelle evne til at kommunikere det, som vi ønsker at sige, kommer ud til masserne.
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Why You Need To Start "Deep Reading"
As opposed to light reading, which involves little more than comprehending and decoding words, deep reading involves reading that is slow, immersive, emotional, and morally complex. When you are deep reading, you are absorbing language rich in detail, allusion, and metaphor. This style of reading works to engage the part of the brain regions that allow the reader to feel as though they are experiencing the event.
It's thought of as an exercise that promotes brain health — boosting your levels of empathy because you practice reflection, analysis, and personal subtext. Light reading lacks these meaningful attributes. Online blogs, for instance, are said to lack a genuine voice, viewpoint, and analysis that provokes deeper thoughts. Essentially, you'll likely forget what you read in mere minutes. Likewise, Stanford University researchers concluded the benefits of deep reading as opposed to light reading. They found that close literary reading gives your brain a workout in multiple complex cognitive functions. And while simple pleasure reading increases blood flow to different areas of the brain, deep reading proves more of an effective brain exercise.
Why You Should Read Poems
An article published in the Journal of Consciousness Studies reported that more emotionally charged writing works to arouse several regions in the brain that respond to music. When comparing reading poetry and prose, researchers found that poetry activates the posterior cingulate cortex and medial temporal lobes — both of which are linked to self-analysis.
For the study, volunteers also read their favorite poems, which stimulated parts of the brain associated with memory. These areas of the brain, predominantly located on the right side, had already been shown to provoke "shivers down the spine" as a result of an emotional reaction to music.
Why You Should Read Literary Fiction
Recent experiments have revealed that reading literary fiction makes way for better performance on tests of affective theory of mind, or understanding others' thinking and wellbeing.
The study published in the International Journal of Business Administration found that this type of reading enhances theory of mind, which may be influenced by a higher amount of engagement with real works of art as opposed to reading magazine articles, interviews, and online nonfiction reporting.
Pick Deep Reading Over Watching Television
When you turn on the TV, you're signaling your brain power to shut down. Likewise, reading lightweight material for entertainment simply doesn't fire up your writing brain to help you become a better writer. So, rather than turning on the tube or scrolling through articles on Facebook, spend more time deep-reading literary fiction and poetry.
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