阅读大量的书籍对你的大脑有什么影响？_风闻

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原创翻译：

Mo Salama

I used to hate reading growing up.

Maybe it was because I was a very slow reader and understanding what I read didn’t come easily to me.

Maybe it was because I was swamped with a 110-page reading assignment no matter what day of the week.

Maybe it was because I hated the idea of group reading as an introvert (have one person read some of the passage aloud, move on to the next person, have them read some of it aloud, and so forth).

我从小就讨厌读书。

也许是因为我的阅读速度很慢，理解我读到的东西对我来说并不容易。

也许是因为无论哪一天我都被110页的阅读任务淹没。

也许是因为我作为一个内向的人，很讨厌集体阅读的想法（让一个人朗读一些段落，然后转到下一个人身上，让他们朗读一些段落，等等）。

Maybe it was because I was reading books, poems, and short stories I couldn’t relate to.

Whatever it was, reading made me cringe.

I despised it.

It wasn’t until after I graduated college, that I really fell in love with reading. On my own.

I’m fortunate to have given it another chance.

也许是因为我读的书、诗和短篇小说我无法体会。

不管是什么原因，阅读让我感到恶心。

我鄙视它。

直到我大学毕业后，我才真正爱上了阅读，靠着自己的努力。

我很幸运，又被给予了一次机会。

If it wasn’t for reading, I don’t know where I would be today.

Reading transformed my life in countless ways.

Having the freedom to read whatever I wanted is what re-ignited my habit, practice, & enjoyment of reading.

如果不是因为读书，我不知道自己今天会在哪里。

阅读在无数方面改变了我的生活。

有了自由阅读的权利，想看什么就看什么，这才重新点燃了我阅读的习惯、实践与享受。

As J.K Rowling once said…

“If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.”

Those words couldn’t be truer.

正如 J.K 罗琳曾经说过……

“如果你不喜欢读书，那你肯定是没有找对书。”

这句话是再真实不过了。

I just wish my love for it would’ve come sooner.

In retrospect, my life would still have played out the same way, even if I had gotten a chance to start over & relive my life hundreds of times.

And the reason for that is — our education system is failing us.

我只希望我对它的喜爱能早点到来。

现在回想起来，我的生活还是会以同样的方式进行，即使我有机会重新开始&重温我的生活几百次。

而这样的原因就是：我们的教育系统让我们失望了。

Our schools are broken and outdated.

When we feel obligated to do something, we’re naturally going to resent & resist it.

Especially when it’s not interesting to us.

On the other hand, when we do something out of love and pleasure and on our own terms, that’s a completely different ball game.

I always wonder, if only reading was presented to me in that frxwork growing up, where would I be today?

Hmm…

我们的学校已经破旧、过时了。

当我们觉得抱着义务去做某件事时，我们自然会反感&抵触它。

尤其是当我们对它不感兴趣的时候。

另一方面，当我们出于热爱和快乐，以我们自己的方式做一些事情时，那就完全不同了。

我总是在想，如果阅读只是在这样的框架下呈现在我的成长过程中，我今天会怎样？

嗯……

I’ll have to ponder that storyline sometime…

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The more you read, the more words you learn.

The more terminology you learn, the better you are at comprehending information — especially knowledge outside your domain of expertise.

Being a good communicator is arguably the most important skill in the modern world.

Having the ability to express your thoughts fluently can make a huge difference in your interactions with others.

Studies, measured by the Author Recognition Test — a solid predictor of reading skill, have shown that avid readers had around a 50 percent larger vocabulary and 50 percent more fact-based knowledge than others.

There’s no better way to enhance your vocabulary, cognitive skills, & wisdom than with reading.

#1 阅读能提高你的语言能力

你读得越多，你学到的单词就越多。

您学习的术语越多，你就越能更好地理解信息——尤其是你专业领域以外的知识。

做一个好的沟通者，可以说是现代社会最重要的技能。

拥有流畅表达自己思想的能力，可以让你在与他人的交流中脱颖而出。

“作者识别测试”( Author Recognition Test )是衡量阅读技能的一个可靠指标，该测试的研究显示，渴望阅读的人比其他人拥有大约50% 的词汇量和50% 的基于事实的知识。

没有比阅读更好的方法来提高你的词汇量、认知能力和智慧了。

READING BOOSTS CREATIVITY.

Reading allows us to expand our imagination.

It can help us bend our reality in ways we wouldn’t have thought possible.

Being close-minded and rigid in our thought processes is not something that will take us far.

Especially if our society wants to continue to innovate and disrupt from the norm.

When we read, specifically fiction based books, we keep our minds open because we can afford ambiguity.

Research

has confirmed this. It has shown that fiction readers arose as more flexible and adaptable than non-fiction readers when assessing cognitive closure.

#2 阅读能促进创造力

阅读可以让我们扩大想象力。

它可以帮助我们以我们意想不到的方式幻化我们的现实。

封闭和僵化的思维过程不会让我们走得更远。

尤其是当我们的社会想要继续创新和打破常规的时候。

当我们阅读，特别是以小说为主的书籍时，我们要保持思维的开放性，因为我们可以承受模糊性。

研究已经证实了这一点，研究表明，在评估认知封闭性时，小说阅读者比非小说阅读者更灵活，适应性更强。

READING MAY LENGTHEN YOUR LIFESPAN.

A team at Yale followed 3,635 adults over the age of 50 for 12 years.

They noticed that people who read books for 30 minutes a day lived nearly two years longer than those who read magazines or newspapers.

Adults who read more than 3.5 hours per week were 23 percent less likely to die, and adults who read less than 3.5 hours per week were 17 percent less likely to die.

To sustain longevity, you have to evolve and there’s no better way to continually transform than through reading.

#3 阅读可以延长你的寿命

耶鲁大学的一个团队对3635名50岁以上的成年人进行了12年的跟踪调查。

他们发现，每天读书30分钟的人比读杂志或报纸的人要多活将近两年。

每周阅读时间超过3.5小时的成年人死亡的可能性降低了23%，每周阅读时间少于3.5小时的成年人死亡的可能性降低了17%。

要想保持长寿，你就必须不断进化，没有比阅读更好的方式来不断改造自己了。

READING INCREASES INTELLIGENCE.

Diving into a good book opens up an entire world of knowledge.

Reading requires you to focus on the words, sentence structures, and then draw conclusions that relate to your life.

Exposure to new vocabulary not only leads to a higher score on reading tests but also higher scores

on IQ tests.

Additionally, stronger early reading skills have shown to positively impact intelligence later in life according to this study done on identical twins.

And not only can books increase your IQ, but they can also improve your EQ (emotional intelligence).

As we engross ourselves in a good book it can enrich our empathy for others as we sense the thoughts, feelings, and emotions of the characters in the book.

Understanding human psychology is a critical skill that allows us to develop strong relationships with others.

Literary fiction has been shown to have a strong impact in helping us increase our emotional intelligence, according to research published in Science.

#4 阅读能提高智力

潜心阅读一本好书，可以打开整个知识世界。

阅读需要你专注于单词、句子结构，然后得出与你生活相关的结论。

接触新的词汇，不仅能在阅读测试中获得更高的分数，而且还能在智商测试中获得更高的分数。

此外，根据这项研究，在同卵双胞胎上做的测试表明，较强的早期阅读能力已被证明会对以后的智力产生积极影响。

书籍不仅可以提高你的智商，还可以提高你的情商。

当我们沉浸在一本好书中时，可以丰富我们对他人的同理心，因为我们能感受到书中人物的思想、感受和情绪。

理解人类心理是一项重要的技能，它能让我们与他人建立牢固的关系。

根据发表在《科学》杂志上的研究，文学小说在帮助我们提高情商方面有很大的影响。

READING BOOSTS BRAIN POWER

Not only does regular reading help make you smarter, but it can actually increase your brain power.

Just as physical activity supports the heart, muscles, and bones, intellectual activity supports the brain.

You physically change the structure of your brain while reading.

I like to picture my brain growing, changing and making new neural connections and different patterns as I’m reading.

With age comes a decline in brain function & an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s, but reading on a regular basis may help delay the process — by as much as 32 percent, keeping your brain sharper longer, according to research published here.

As the old adage says — use it or lose it.

#5 阅读能促进脑力的发展

经常阅读不仅有助于让你变得更聪明，而且可以增加你的脑力。

就像身体活动支持着心脏、肌肉和骨骼一样，智力活动支持着大脑。

当你阅读时，你在物理上改变了你大脑的结构。

我喜欢想象自己的大脑在阅读的过程中不断成长、变化，建立新的神经连接和不同的模式。

随着年龄的增长，大脑功能会下降，患阿尔茨海默氏症的风险也会增加，但根据研究，定期阅读可能有助于延缓这一过程--高达32%，使你的大脑保持更长时间的敏锐。

正如一句古老的格言所说——要么使用它，要么失去它。

READING CAN RELIEVE STRESS

Every time I feel anxious or stressed out, I turn to a good book.

Losing ourselves in a good book allows us to escape from the worries and stresses of the everyday world.

It allows us to create our own images and ideas and regain a peace of mind.

One study by Sussex University researchers showed that reading may reduce stress by as much as 68 percent!

Reading transports us to different worlds and allows us to experience life from the eyes of different human beings.

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies . . . The man who never reads lives only one.” – George R.R. Martin

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#6 阅读可以缓解压力

每当我感到焦虑或压力时，我就会去看一本好书。

在一本好书中迷失自己，让我们从日常世界的烦恼和压力中逃脱出来。

它让我们可以创造自己的形象和想法，重获心灵的平静。

一项苏塞克斯大学的研究表明，阅读可以减少高达68%的压力!

阅读将我们带入不同的世界，让我们体验不同人的生活。

“一个读书人在死前活了千百次……从来不读书的人只活了一世。” ——乔治R.R.马丁

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