Reading a book not only requires a complex set of skills involved in
decoding words and making meaning from them, but involves the
imagination, engages predictive thinking, and—depending on the content
and challenge of the material—invites reflection and the processing of
new information. Readers create the world of a book alongside the
author. Reading lights up the brain all over.
The truth is, the more “interactive” a book is, the less a reader is
required to engage meaningfully with it. When you add bells and whistles
that do the work for you, you’re actually making it less interactive,
neurologically speaking.
- Elizabeth Bluemle
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