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As the famous quote states that “Books are man’s best friend”. Have you ever imagined why it had been said and why you should read books everyday? – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Benefits of Reading Books Daily

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Scientific Benefits of Reading Books
  • Reading involves a complex network of nerve
    circuits and signals in the brain. MRI scans show
    that people who have a habit of regular reading,
    their circuits and network of brain signals are
    better. Therefore strengthening the brain. The
    brain scan also shows that not only during
    reading but post reading also the brain
    connectivity increases especially in the
    somatosensory cortex. This part of the brain is
    associated with physical sensations like movement
    and pain.
  • Well when you read a book everyday, you are
    developing and building your vocabulary. Various
    researches have shown that children who start
    reading on a regular basis at a young age have
    better and larger vocabulary. This is possible as
    the brain helps in memorizing the words and their
    pronunciation.

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  • Reading a book everyday helps in sound sleep
    reading regularly everyday improves the sleep
    pattern of readers. Studies have shown that the
    quality of sleep far better in readers than in
    non-readers.
  • Improves concentration and memory as reading is
    a complex process because it involves many
    functions at times which includes interpretation
    of words and pictures, understanding their
    meaning followed by memorizing them for future
    references. Therefore when you read a book
    everyday then your concentration and memory
    improve over a period of time.
  • Strengthens writing abilities.
  • Helps in lowering blood pressure.

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Psychological Benefits of Reading Books Everyday
  • Helps in fighting depression have you ever
    imagined if you read a book everyday then you can
    fight the deadly disease of depression. In
    depression, the person usually feels lost, not
    able to communicate fluently and his
    comprehension is also affected. But if you read a
    book everyday, especially fiction books, then it
    helps in captivating the readers thoughts and
    then the reader becomes engrossed in the lives of
    the characters which are larger than life thus
    helping the individual to fight depression.
  • Maintains your cognitive health The National
    Institute On Aging has listed reading as one of
    the main methods to stay mentally sharp with
    increasing age. When you read a book everyday
    then you are basically getting better in
    interpretation of emotions, feelings, and
    behavior.

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  • Helps in developing logical thinking
    (intelligence) and comprehension in todays era
    where social media is so overpowering because its
    access to entertainment is so quick which
    basically kills the essence of information. The
    information on social media is fabricated and
    false in many cases. Whereas the information
    which comes via reading books has proper research
    and data behind it. Thats the reason they help
    in the development of logical thinking and
    comprehension in a human being.

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Psychological Benefits of Reading Books Everyday
  • Relieves stress A study conducted in 2009 by
    Denise Rizzolo, studied the effects of yoga,
    humor and reading on the stress levels of
    students. To the surprise, the study result shows
    that 30 mins of reading is as effective as yoga
    and humor in reducing stress levels.
  • Increases your empathizing power when you read
    a book everyday then it helps an individual to
    adopt new perspectives. This is especially true
    with people who read fiction books regularly.
    Such people have a better understanding of
    feelings and beliefs. This further helps in
    developing social skills with other human beings
    around you.
  • Increases emotional intelligence emotional
    intelligence is made up of five components self
    awareness, self regulation, motivation, empathy
    and social skills. When you read a book everyday
    then you surely increase your emotional
    intelligence as reading helps in providing
    information about the things around us or about
    the non existing things around us in the fiction
    genre.

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