[BBC] Why Reading Matters [Part 6 of 6]

Science writer Rita Carter tells the story of how modern neuroscience has revealed that reading, something most of us take for granted, unlocks remarkable powers.

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[bamb04]

Was an ok documentary up until they decided to show a skewed view on video games, pathetic. Did no one tell them about the dozen of games in which, shockingly, you actually have to /read/? Planescape Torment for one. A few thousand others after.

[sharpezor]

@bamb04 I could not agree more, I should add a caption warning

[Zarathustra06]

I also think this doco treated the reading of fiction as reading in general. I would be interested to know what sort of distinctions are made - particularly for empathy (emotional, intellectual) - between fictional and non-fictional literature.

[standingonair777]

Yeah, some games, for instance, the Final Fantasy games have massive, complex narratives that deal with many themes and often reflect issues found in our "reality". While perhaps older rpgs required MORE reading than more recent ones, there are narratives and stories presented to the gamer that are intellectually stimulating.

[freeshyne1234]

Fuck the bitch ass princess!

[Z4N4RD1N3]

reading is good but games are not that bad they should know that many games have an awesome story, and the game companies hire writers to write the story of the game, they make us love the princess to save her, ok not every game but the good ones have good stories!! and also have garbage books with stupid ideas! I love books I`m always reading books but I like games too :)

[chizerk]

thanks for adding the captions.

[johanneswingerlang]

I'm actually reading wuthering heights :))

[Sagradia]

But she does preface her opinion with "My own view is that ... ".

[jolmanska]

Many things in this video like where they say English is a very complex language is... an opinion.

I just liked the parts where they use neuro-imaging

[rejuvenile21]

@rejuvenile21 But on the other hand i was thinking about "games" like VLT (video lotery terminals) where you consecutively hit a button. The game dynamics and how it interacts (which she forgot to state) may play a large role.

[rejuvenile21]

@sharpezor TED tv debunked video games and showed the world how they actually can enhance learning. There tools like anything else including reading. The important part is to continually use em.

[AlohaLittleDude]

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