[unaluna]

http://mobile.nytimes.com/article?a=927139&f=132

article by the same person who wrote the one about how our brains grow in gestation. about how reading fiction works in the brain. interesting for writers too.

I spent a lot of time at the library as a kid, reading mostly novels, no science stuff. This kinda explains why it meant so much.

[Chopin99]

Originally Posted by hankster

http://mobile.nytimes.com/article?a=927139&f=132

article by the same person who wrote the one about how our brains grow in gestation. about how reading fiction works in the brain. interesting for writers too.

I spent a lot of time at the library as a kid, reading mostly novels, no science stuff. This kinda explains why it meant so much.

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG...you started a thread!!!!!!

Now maybe I should read the article.

[Chopin99]

I wonder if my penchant for science fiction explains my issues with the world? I relate better to other worlds!

[roads]

It took my trusty 'putter almost 10 sec to forward the email link--sent it to so many whom I'm fairly sure don't see the NYT. I betcha this was reprinted a bunch.

Terrific, my friend! Thanks. I could so easily have missed this now.

[stopdog]

Wow - a thread by hankster? Yea.

I believe some of my social weirdness comes from all the 18th and 19th century novels and classic mysteries I read as a child. I read novels all the time. Sometimes one a day. Of all sorts (but never science fiction or horror). My idea of what passed for conversation and politeness, often based on novels, was very odd to my peers. And my mother.

[Wren_]

Ahh scientific validation for my love of fiction

[unaluna]

I liked the part where it said the brain reacts to descriptions like "leathery hands" but not "strong hands" - that tactile and movement words show sparks where more common words won't. I almost missed the article myself!