Be Careful What You Read It Could Change Your Brain

I’m sure most of us have read books that have had an influence on our lives and perhaps even altered our thinking or beliefs. But researchers now claim to have shown that even reading a novel changes the way our brain works – perhaps even permanently.

To quote from the study – which you can read in pdf format here.

Must admit that bit was a little hard going for me but in simple language the scientists claim that favourite books create ‘muscle memory’, meaning we may actually start to mimic a character’s actions or life choices.

Does this mean we have to be careful as to what we read? Has 50 Shades Of Grey unleashed … well, goodness knows what? But everything influences us: movies, television, newspapers, propaganda, parents, teachers and so on. It makes you wonder how many of our thoughts and beliefs are actually our own. Maybe we are just made up of bits of flotsam we have encountered.

From what I’ve read of the study I’m not sure how long these changes in brain function last. It’s indicated that they last for at least five days but the researches seem to be saying that they could last longer than this, though no time span is specified.

Ah well five days isn’t so bad, unless the influences are reinforced over and over – which is what the manipulators try to do.

The Daily Mail wrote about this subject with the headline: Read on to change your life. They then began by saying “Great novels really can change your life …”

But that surely means that ‘bad’ novels and reading matter can change our lives too. What we read and see helps make us what we are. Looking at some of the stuff on the Internet that’s a scary thought.

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