As more books become available in audio format, more and more diehard readers seem to reject the audiobook as "cheating." But science says that your brain does just as much work—and receives just as much benefit from—listening to a book as it does reading one.
How Reading Changes Your Brain
Hear about the wonderful things reading can do.
Why Do We Read?
The history of how and why people started reading.
Kids On Why They Read
Explains one young reader: "An education is a powerful thing to have."
Written by
Curiosity Staff
August 29, 2016
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