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Reading appears to shape brains. Makes sense that would prepare more for academic learning and all sorts of tasks requiring communication and attention.

Research that contrary to popular assumptions, the brain continues to improve in many ways as we age. Whew! That's a relief!

Note pronunciation guide-- that could be helpful ;-)

Interesting hypothesis from an "amateur neuroscientist" -- reading on paper and screen so fundamentally different that different parts of brain light up.

Study calls transactive memory that which you know you can find later so why spend the time or brain cells to learn. Implications for instruction????

""Suppose he is what he sounds like, the most important thinker since Newton, Darwin, Freud, Einstein, and Pavlov… What if he is right?""

Possible picture books for English teachers to teach wth?

Surreal images from storyteller's perspective