Your fifth grade English teacher was right, you should read a book. According to the study "Short- and Long-Term Effects of a Novel on Connectivity in the Brain," by Emory University researchers Gregory S. Berns, Kristina Blaine, Michael J. Prietula, and Brandon E. Pye, reading a novel causes recordable, distinct physiological changes in the reader's brain. In this study, … [Read more...] about Reading Improves Brain Function…Who Knew?