How can Books Improve the Development of Your Brain
My right hemisphere works better than the left.
We can talk about the importance of reading for hours. Undoubtedly, books are the best source of knowledge. Your reasoning and imagination are greatly impacted by your taste in books.
One 2012 Stanford University study, where people read passages of Jane Austen while inside an MRI, indicates that different types of reading exercise different parts of your brain. As you get older, another study suggests, reading might help slow down or even halt cognitive decline.
For the sake of this story, lets divide books into 2 groups:
- Personal development books and
- Fiction
How do these two different types of books affect our intelligence?
Let’s start with personal development books. Personal development books put to use the left hemisphere of our brain. The left hemisphere of our brain is directly our logical brain. Personal development books strengthen our logic.
These books give you plenty of knowledge. No matter how much you increase your reading speed, you should read these books with restraint. Sometimes poor translations make these books even more difficult.
And sometimes the reader stays away from such books because of those reasons. But it is important not to regret it, we must read these books with determination. Another reason why these books are heavy, and even the biggest reason, is that these books transmit much more precise information.
Personal development books are an invaluable source of information. You have to keep notes of what you learned from the process. If you do not want to do this, a pencil will help you. Highlight what is important for you. Such as important details, key phrases, interesting facts, etc.
Fiction books are invaluable for those who want to develop their creativity. Fiction books enrich our right hemisphere of the brain, which directly enhances our creativity. If you have never read fiction books, you should start reading. After 3–4 books you will feel the change in yourself.
Fiction books allow us to look at a situation from different angles. Among the fiction books, the ones that make visualization stronger are the books in the detective genre. In particular, I can mention the books of Agatha Christie. Books in the detective genre develop our brains in two ways. Both are books that activate our hemispheres at the same time. When reading fiction books, take a character for yourself.
Generally, our brain need both types of books, information, materials. Logic and IQ is important, but imagination and EQ are equally important. We are humans. We’re feeling and understanding emotions.