Jane Austen and Your Brain

 

Business TechnologyIn a neuroscientific study about how reading affects the brain,  Michigan State University literature professor Natalie Phillips found that “close reading [of Jane Austen novels] activated unexpected areas: parts of the brain that are involved in movement and touch. It was as though readers were physically placing themselves within the story as they analyzed it.” Read and listen to more at NPR’s Health Blog.

 

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