Hobbies reading good for physical and mental health

Reading is a good habit because it will expand the knowledge. But hobbies are reading, especially good books, have more benefits from it as healthy mentally and physically. In the era of Twitter and short messages such as this, the level of concentration of the person to read for a long time has been substantially reduced. Thus read a novel or a book can be a bidder.

Neurologist Baroness Susan Greenfield said, reading can extend the attention span in children and improve their ability to think clearly. "A story has a beginning, middle, and end. A structure that will stimulate our brain to think in a sequence, linking the causes, effects, and relatedness. Done more often the better," said Greenfield. Reading will also enrich relationships because it increases our understanding of other cultures and helps us learn to empathize.

New research by a team from the University of Michigan found that in the last 10 years, in which the rapid development of information technology, a decline in empathy among students to 48 percent. "In computer games we have to rescue a princess, but we do not much care for the girls, our goal is to win," said Greenfield. Unlike the princess stories in the book that has a past, present, and future, he had a relationship and motivation. We can feel connected to it, we see the world through his eyes.

According to John Stein, professor emeritus of neuroscience from Magdalen College, Oxford, reading is not really a passive activity. "Reading to train the entire brain," he said. When we're busy reading an interesting book, we do more than just follow a story. Imagine what happened is very good for the brain. Brain scanning technologies (MRI) can now prove it. In a 2009 study in the U.S. revealed, as we read and imagine the sights, sounds, smells, and flavors are described in the book, the various areas of the brain used to process it in the real world, to participate actively. So as to create new brain connections.

In other words, while reading our brain mimics real experience seperiti as if we have direct experience. It did not happen when we are watching TV or playing video games. Reading also proved mentally healthy because this activity reduces feelings of loneliness and make us forget about the problem for a while. 2009 study also shows, reading for six minutes can reduce stress levels more than could be done by the music or outing.
 

Concentration will we do when reading his mind, soothe muscle tension, and slow heart rate. Reading also known to prevent brain aging. A study published in the journal Archives of Neurology, mentioned the habit of reading from a young age could prevent Alzheimers disease. Scanning the brain for the elderly aged over 60 years showed those who did the brain training routine activities, such as reading, playing chess, and wrote, had less plaque in the brain.