The Benefits of Reading

Reading is a form of transportation where you are immersed in another person's mind. It engages your brain to connect with imagination in a way that watching movies or TV shows does not. Reading literary fiction opens up more areas of your brain, including smell and language centers. Unlike movies where someone else is the director, reading a book requires you to use more of your brain, leading to happiness.

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