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Reading for pleasure builds empathy and improves wellbeing, research from The Reading A... - 4 views

  • reading for pleasure can increase empathy, improve relationships with others, reduce the symptoms of depression and the risk of dementia, and improve wellbeing throughout life
  • strong evidence to show that reading for pleasure plays a vital role in improving educational outcomes
  • in the UK, reading levels are low among people of all ages: most children do not read on a daily basis and almost a third of adults don't read for pleasure
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  • reading for pleasure and empowerment
  • better parent-child communication
  • reduction of depression and dementia symptoms among adults.
  • people who choose to read, and enjoy doing so, in their spare time are more likely to reap all of these benefits
  • When I write a story I hope to beguile, to enchant, to bewitch, to perform an act of magic on and with my readers' imaginations.
  • The true aim of writing is to enable the reader better to enjoy life, or better to endure it'."
  • everything changes when we read
  • reading for pleasure has a dramatic impact on life outcomes
  • children who read for pleasure are happier, healthier and do better in life than those who don't
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    Research in UK into benefits of reading for pleasure
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