Young people read less and less for pleasure. However, according to a new study, this practice is incredibly advantageous for children cognitively, intellectually, and behaviorally, especially if they start reading at an early age.
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- Researchers found benefits of recreational reading
- A wide range of data was examined for this idea.
Researchers found benefits of recreational reading
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Researchers from the UK and China examined the various benefits of “leisure” reading by analyzing data from the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development cohort, which was recruited as part of a longitudinal study of more than 10,000 early adolescents in South America. North. The researchers wanted to know if reading for pleasure early in life helps young people’s brain and cognitive development.
In fact, doctors and teachers frequently emphasize the importance of immersing children in the joy of reading from an early age. That is why they advise parents to read stories to their children to instill in them a lifelong love of literature.
However, experts weren’t sure if this exercise involved cognitive and brain functions that could help children as they grow.
A wide range of data was examined for this idea.
Researchers from the universities of Cambridge, Warwick, and Fudan examined a wide range of data, including clinical interviews, cognitive tests, mental and behavioral assessments, and brain scans, to test this idea.
They included adolescents who started reading for pleasure at an early age (ages 2-9), as well as those who started reading later or not at all.
Nearly half of the participants (48%) in this study, published in the journal Psychology Medicine, had either never read for pleasure or only started reading later in life. The other half of the sample had read for pleasure for three to ten years.
Surprisingly, young people don’t need to spend hours a day with their noses in books to reap the benefits claimed by the study. It seems that twelve hours each week is ideal.
In addition, the benefits of reading “for pleasure” decrease in young people, which the researchers attribute to the negative effects of a sedentary lifestyle.
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Source: vtt.edu.vn