Whether it’s novels, magazines or comics, reading offers plenty of benefits for your brain.

A neuroscience study commissioned by The Queen’s Reading Room in 2024 suggested that even a brief period of reading could ...

Mounting evidence suggests that regularly cozying up with a book can increase brain and mental health, improve literacy and math skills, and even slow cognitive decline. What's more, fiction seems to ...

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What happens in your brain when you read? And can it help you navigate real life? This is what science tells us.

Learning to read reshapes how the brain processes language. New research from Baycrest and the University of São Paulo shows that learning to read fundamentally changes how the brain responds to ...

It's the third day of Silver Week, is everyone enjoying their holiday???Speaking of autumn, it really is the 'autumn of reading', isn't it?Precisely because smartphones and social media have become a ...

NATURE BRIEFING 15 September 2026 Daily briefing: Reading for pleasure linked to big brain benefits Evidence that reading for fun is related to structural brain changes, improved mental health and ...

Paleontologists have discovered the tracks of a giant — the fossilized footprints of T. rex. Plus, solar "superflares" and the brain benefits of reading in this week's Short Wave science news roundup.