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Sep 5, 2012

Do you do HEALTHY READING ?

Did you know that getting lost in a good book can help keep you healthy ?    

  In a recent article from the Daily Mail, Neuroscientist Baroness Susan Greenfield says:


‘…reading helps to lengthen attention spans in children and improves their ability to think clearly. 
‘Stories have a beginning, a middle and an end – a structure that  encourages our brains to think in sequence, to link cause, effect and significance,’  she says. 
‘It is essential to learn this skill as a small child, while the brain has more plasticity, which is why it’s so important for parents to read to their children…’ 


Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2193496/Getting-lost-good-book-help-healthy.html

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