閲讀大量的書籍對你的大腦有什麼影響？_風聞

【來源龍騰網】

原創翻譯：

Mo Salama

I used to hate reading growing up.

Maybe it was because I was a very slow reader and understanding what I read didn’t come easily to me.

Maybe it was because I was swamped with a 110-page reading assignment no matter what day of the week.

Maybe it was because I hated the idea of group reading as an introvert (have one person read some of the passage aloud, move on to the next person, have them read some of it aloud, and so forth).

我從小就討厭讀書。

也許是因為我的閲讀速度很慢，理解我讀到的東西對我來説並不容易。

也許是因為無論哪一天我都被110頁的閲讀任務淹沒。

也許是因為我作為一個內向的人，很討厭集體閲讀的想法（讓一個人朗讀一些段落，然後轉到下一個人身上，讓他們朗讀一些段落，等等）。

Maybe it was because I was reading books, poems, and short stories I couldn’t relate to.

Whatever it was, reading made me cringe.

I despised it.

It wasn’t until after I graduated college, that I really fell in love with reading. On my own.

I’m fortunate to have given it another chance.

也許是因為我讀的書、詩和短篇小説我無法體會。

不管是什麼原因，閲讀讓我感到噁心。

我鄙視它。

直到我大學畢業後，我才真正愛上了閲讀，靠着自己的努力。

我很幸運，又被給予了一次機會。

If it wasn’t for reading, I don’t know where I would be today.

Reading transformed my life in countless ways.

Having the freedom to read whatever I wanted is what re-ignited my habit, practice, & enjoyment of reading.

如果不是因為讀書，我不知道自己今天會在哪裏。

閲讀在無數方面改變了我的生活。

有了自由閲讀的權利，想看什麼就看什麼，這才重新點燃了我閲讀的習慣、實踐與享受。

As J.K Rowling once said…

“If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.”

Those words couldn’t be truer.

正如 J.K 羅琳曾經説過……

“如果你不喜歡讀書，那你肯定是沒有找對書。”

這句話是再真實不過了。

I just wish my love for it would’ve come sooner.

In retrospect, my life would still have played out the same way, even if I had gotten a chance to start over & relive my life hundreds of times.

And the reason for that is — our education system is failing us.

我只希望我對它的喜愛能早點到來。

現在回想起來，我的生活還是會以同樣的方式進行，即使我有機會重新開始&重温我的生活幾百次。

而這樣的原因就是：我們的教育系統讓我們失望了。

Our schools are broken and outdated.

When we feel obligated to do something, we’re naturally going to resent & resist it.

Especially when it’s not interesting to us.

On the other hand, when we do something out of love and pleasure and on our own terms, that’s a completely different ball game.

I always wonder, if only reading was presented to me in that frxwork growing up, where would I be today?

Hmm…

我們的學校已經破舊、過時了。

當我們覺得抱着義務去做某件事時，我們自然會反感&牴觸它。

尤其是當我們對它不感興趣的時候。

另一方面，當我們出於熱愛和快樂，以我們自己的方式做一些事情時，那就完全不同了。

我總是在想，如果閲讀只是在這樣的框架下呈現在我的成長過程中，我今天會怎樣？

嗯……

I’ll have to ponder that storyline sometime…

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我得好好想想這個情節……

無論如何，在我們繼續前進，並開始討論閲讀對認知能力的益處之前，我想讓你知道我研究並收集了47個有科學依據的方法，以實現激光般集中注意力，加速學習，鋭化記憶，並提高精神能量。

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The more you read, the more words you learn.

The more terminology you learn, the better you are at comprehending information — especially knowledge outside your domain of expertise.

Being a good communicator is arguably the most important skill in the modern world.

Having the ability to express your thoughts fluently can make a huge difference in your interactions with others.

Studies, measured by the Author Recognition Test — a solid predictor of reading skill, have shown that avid readers had around a 50 percent larger vocabulary and 50 percent more fact-based knowledge than others.

There’s no better way to enhance your vocabulary, cognitive skills, & wisdom than with reading.

#1 閲讀能提高你的語言能力

你讀得越多，你學到的單詞就越多。

您學習的術語越多，你就越能更好地理解信息——尤其是你專業領域以外的知識。

做一個好的溝通者，可以説是現代社會最重要的技能。

擁有流暢表達自己思想的能力，可以讓你在與他人的交流中脱穎而出。

“作者識別測試”( Author Recognition Test )是衡量閲讀技能的一個可靠指標，該測試的研究顯示，渴望閲讀的人比其他人擁有大約50% 的詞彙量和50% 的基於事實的知識。

沒有比閲讀更好的方法來提高你的詞彙量、認知能力和智慧了。

READING BOOSTS CREATIVITY.

Reading allows us to expand our imagination.

It can help us bend our reality in ways we wouldn’t have thought possible.

Being close-minded and rigid in our thought processes is not something that will take us far.

Especially if our society wants to continue to innovate and disrupt from the norm.

When we read, specifically fiction based books, we keep our minds open because we can afford ambiguity.

Research

has confirmed this. It has shown that fiction readers arose as more flexible and adaptable than non-fiction readers when assessing cognitive closure.

#2 閲讀能促進創造力

閲讀可以讓我們擴大想象力。

它可以幫助我們以我們意想不到的方式幻化我們的現實。

封閉和僵化的思維過程不會讓我們走得更遠。

尤其是當我們的社會想要繼續創新和打破常規的時候。

當我們閲讀，特別是以小説為主的書籍時，我們要保持思維的開放性，因為我們可以承受模糊性。

研究已經證實了這一點，研究表明，在評估認知封閉性時，小説閲讀者比非小説閲讀者更靈活，適應性更強。

READING MAY LENGTHEN YOUR LIFESPAN.

A team at Yale followed 3,635 adults over the age of 50 for 12 years.

They noticed that people who read books for 30 minutes a day lived nearly two years longer than those who read magazines or newspapers.

Adults who read more than 3.5 hours per week were 23 percent less likely to die, and adults who read less than 3.5 hours per week were 17 percent less likely to die.

To sustain longevity, you have to evolve and there’s no better way to continually transform than through reading.

#3 閲讀可以延長你的壽命

耶魯大學的一個團隊對3635名50歲以上的成年人進行了12年的跟蹤調查。

他們發現，每天讀書30分鐘的人比讀雜誌或報紙的人要多活將近兩年。

每週閲讀時間超過3.5小時的成年人死亡的可能性降低了23%，每週閲讀時間少於3.5小時的成年人死亡的可能性降低了17%。

要想保持長壽，你就必須不斷進化，沒有比閲讀更好的方式來不斷改造自己了。

READING INCREASES INTELLIGENCE.

Diving into a good book opens up an entire world of knowledge.

Reading requires you to focus on the words, sentence structures, and then draw conclusions that relate to your life.

Exposure to new vocabulary not only leads to a higher score on reading tests but also higher scores

on IQ tests.

Additionally, stronger early reading skills have shown to positively impact intelligence later in life according to this study done on identical twins.

And not only can books increase your IQ, but they can also improve your EQ (emotional intelligence).

As we engross ourselves in a good book it can enrich our empathy for others as we sense the thoughts, feelings, and emotions of the characters in the book.

Understanding human psychology is a critical skill that allows us to develop strong relationships with others.

Literary fiction has been shown to have a strong impact in helping us increase our emotional intelligence, according to research published in Science.

#4 閲讀能提高智力

潛心閲讀一本好書，可以打開整個知識世界。

閲讀需要你專注於單詞、句子結構，然後得出與你生活相關的結論。

接觸新的詞彙，不僅能在閲讀測試中獲得更高的分數，而且還能在智商測試中獲得更高的分數。

此外，根據這項研究，在同卵雙胞胎上做的測試表明，較強的早期閲讀能力已被證明會對以後的智力產生積極影響。

書籍不僅可以提高你的智商，還可以提高你的情商。

當我們沉浸在一本好書中時，可以豐富我們對他人的同理心，因為我們能感受到書中人物的思想、感受和情緒。

理解人類心理是一項重要的技能，它能讓我們與他人建立牢固的關係。

根據發表在《科學》雜誌上的研究，文學小説在幫助我們提高情商方面有很大的影響。

READING BOOSTS BRAIN POWER

Not only does regular reading help make you smarter, but it can actually increase your brain power.

Just as physical activity supports the heart, muscles, and bones, intellectual activity supports the brain.

You physically change the structure of your brain while reading.

I like to picture my brain growing, changing and making new neural connections and different patterns as I’m reading.

With age comes a decline in brain function & an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s, but reading on a regular basis may help delay the process — by as much as 32 percent, keeping your brain sharper longer, according to research published here.

As the old adage says — use it or lose it.

#5 閲讀能促進腦力的發展

經常閲讀不僅有助於讓你變得更聰明，而且可以增加你的腦力。

就像身體活動支持着心臟、肌肉和骨骼一樣，智力活動支持着大腦。

當你閲讀時，你在物理上改變了你大腦的結構。

我喜歡想象自己的大腦在閲讀的過程中不斷成長、變化，建立新的神經連接和不同的模式。

隨着年齡的增長，大腦功能會下降，患阿爾茨海默氏症的風險也會增加，但根據研究，定期閲讀可能有助於延緩這一過程--高達32%，使你的大腦保持更長時間的敏鋭。

正如一句古老的格言所説——要麼使用它，要麼失去它。

READING CAN RELIEVE STRESS

Every time I feel anxious or stressed out, I turn to a good book.

Losing ourselves in a good book allows us to escape from the worries and stresses of the everyday world.

It allows us to create our own images and ideas and regain a peace of mind.

One study by Sussex University researchers showed that reading may reduce stress by as much as 68 percent!

Reading transports us to different worlds and allows us to experience life from the eyes of different human beings.

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies . . . The man who never reads lives only one.” – George R.R. Martin

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#6 閲讀可以緩解壓力

每當我感到焦慮或壓力時，我就會去看一本好書。

在一本好書中迷失自己，讓我們從日常世界的煩惱和壓力中逃脱出來。

它讓我們可以創造自己的形象和想法，重獲心靈的平靜。

一項蘇塞克斯大學的研究表明，閲讀可以減少高達68%的壓力!

閲讀將我們帶入不同的世界，讓我們體驗不同人的生活。

“一個讀書人在死前活了千百次……從來不讀書的人只活了一世。” ——喬治R.R.馬丁

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