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April 2024
In addition to promoting concentration and empathy, reading in your free time can influence your professional success; this is indicated by a study carried out by the department of Sociology of the University of Oxford .
According to the research, women who at age 16 read books just for fun had a 39% chance of reaching a management position. On the other hand, those who preferred to dedicate themselves to other activities in their free time during adolescence, their possibilities dropped to 25%.
If you want to discover other reasons why it is important to include reading in your habits, GetQoralHealth gives you four:
1. Modify your brain. When reading each word comes to life and the imagination flies. The power of the mind is so strong that it recreates the imagined, activating the same brain areas that would be activated if the action were executed in reality; this is shown by a study of University of Washington.
The neurologist Stanislas Dehaene , professor of Experimental Cognitive Psychology at the College de France , he also points out that there is more gray matter in the head of a reading person and more neurons in the brains that read.
2. Emotions. Activating the prefrontal cortex and the tonsillar region, enhances social skills and empathy, balancing sensitivity to the experience of others and understanding the other, putting ourselves in their place and context.
3. It stimulates brain activity. Guillermo García Ribas, Coordinator of the Behavior and Dementia Study Group of the Spanish Society of Neurology (SEN), suggests that reading is one of the most beneficial activities for health, since it stimulates brain activity and strengthens neuronal connections.
When you read, you force your brain to think, to order ideas, to interrelate concepts and to memorize and imagine.
4. Eliminate stress. Reading books has the power to lower cortisol levels and relax the mind. Reading before you go to sleep makes you forget about problems at the same time that transports you to another world or gives you useful information that could help us resolve conflicts.
In addition to having various benefits for your health, reading is an ideal activity to do in your free time in the company of the people you love. Have fun and enjoy!