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Books vs. Movies

Smash Boom Best: A funny, smart debate show for kids and family

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The Benefits of Reading

Reading activates entirely different parts of your brain than processing images or speech alone. Researchers at Emory University did a study where subjects read a historical thriller at night and had a brain scan in the morning. The day after reading, people experienced heightened connectivity not just in the parts of the brain that deal with language but the ones that process physical sensations too.

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