Books: How they're made and how your brain reads them
Brains On! Science podcast for kids
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Do Certain Words and Grammar Have Different Effects on Your Brain?
When you're reading why do you sometimes visualize what's happening in your story? Well in part because you can't help but do it. So if I want to figure out how the cat escaped from the mail shoot and there's a bunch of language describing it, it might not make sense to me until I sort of figure out well let's see the front paws could have gone over the lip of the mailbox like so. If I imagine that in my mind's eye it might be easier to get a feel for exactly how that worked.
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