Using brain-imaging, researchers at Washington University have found that as you read your brain simulates the actions in the story.
"There has been good evidence for a while that mental simulation — imagination — can improve performance in sport and other skilled behaviours.
This study suggests that readers do mental simulation when they comprehend a story," said Jeffrey Zacks, director of the university's dynamic cognition laboratory.
This would suggest that we can practice skills by reading about them... interesting!
Source: CBC
This would suggest that we can practice skills by reading about them... interesting!
Source: CBC
