I would like the study to include a third group. One that actually read the actual books not via IPad!! (Then a 4th possibly a control group - not reading anything??).
I love to read and I’m delighted to learn it supports memory. However, 90 minutes in one sitting is not my typical pattern. I’m lucky if I make it longer than 40 minutes. I will hope this is still helpful.
Since I am retired and very much enjoy reading, I frequently do read 90 minutes a day. I can only assume that this practice is helping my memory, and shudder to think how much worse my recall would be were I not reading. As it happens, I am currently reading “Spare” and it is one of those books that “sucks you in.”
My mom read for pleasure her whole life, as have I, but less than her. Her memory was/is a family legend. Our favorite thing to have her do was to start on my birthday, 1 January, and go through the calendar naming everyone in the family and their birthdays. No notes, no faltering. She just did it. She knew anniversaries too!
I was such a bookworm when I was young … I remember latching on to a specific topic and just saturating myself with it until I found a different author or genre (Sherlock Holmes, biographies, science fiction, spy novels, etc…) The love of reading what I wanted stopped as soon as I entered nursing school … then I only had time to read the required science and nursing subjects. Anyways, I am taking the time now to read and reread books purely for enjoyment - and to now know this particular study points to better memory retention is AWESOME!!!
I am an avid reader (always have been) and am in two book clubs - despite a very busy life. I find that when I read on my iPad I feel more like a word/story "consumer", but when I'm reading a non-electronic book I find more pleasure in the character and story development, as well the sheer pleasure of the words -- especially when well crafted. Always found this interesting. Oh, I'm 76 and do have some of the memory "losses" you mentioned in this interesting article but refuse to submit to old age!
Another great read, no pun intended. Call us old fashion but my husband and I like to read hardcover or paperback books for easy access without exercising the fingers to scroll. I'm finishing an incredibly insightful book by Wayne Dyer called "You'll See it When You Believe It" which was sent to my husband as a gift. By the way, I can relate to your statement, "...big fears most people share are threefold: that they won't be professionally successful, that they won't do an effective and honorable job of contributing to their families, and that they'll face health challenges and old age—including memory loss."
Please pursue and share the list of books that help get people sucked into reading. Our children are readers and I’d like to help our grandchildren on this journey.
You should email the corresponding author to ask for the books used. It’s an important part of the methods so they should be happy to share. Elizabeth A. L. Stine-Morrow eals@illinois.edu
I read the New York Times every day and this column by Bill Murphy and also am always reading 2 books everyday, usually one nonfiction and one fiction. I tell people I am not really that smart, I just remember what I read and why would you read something if you are not going to remember it. I often learn things (remember things) from fictional books as well as nonfiction.
I do a reading challenge through “Goodreads” every year. I don’t compete against anyone, I just challenge myself to read a certain number of books in 12 months. Knowing December is crazy, I try to throw in a few extras throughout slower periods of the year, just to be sure I meet my goal. It’s nothing crazy. I plan for a book a month and usually finish 12-14 in the year.
I would like the study to include a third group. One that actually read the actual books not via IPad!! (Then a 4th possibly a control group - not reading anything??).
I love to read and I’m delighted to learn it supports memory. However, 90 minutes in one sitting is not my typical pattern. I’m lucky if I make it longer than 40 minutes. I will hope this is still helpful.
Since I am retired and very much enjoy reading, I frequently do read 90 minutes a day. I can only assume that this practice is helping my memory, and shudder to think how much worse my recall would be were I not reading. As it happens, I am currently reading “Spare” and it is one of those books that “sucks you in.”
My mom read for pleasure her whole life, as have I, but less than her. Her memory was/is a family legend. Our favorite thing to have her do was to start on my birthday, 1 January, and go through the calendar naming everyone in the family and their birthdays. No notes, no faltering. She just did it. She knew anniversaries too!
Yes. And to follow on with SMP, what about folks who listen to audiobooks?
The U Chicago men's soccer team, coached by a woman, won the DIII national championship.
I was such a bookworm when I was young … I remember latching on to a specific topic and just saturating myself with it until I found a different author or genre (Sherlock Holmes, biographies, science fiction, spy novels, etc…) The love of reading what I wanted stopped as soon as I entered nursing school … then I only had time to read the required science and nursing subjects. Anyways, I am taking the time now to read and reread books purely for enjoyment - and to now know this particular study points to better memory retention is AWESOME!!!
I am an avid reader (always have been) and am in two book clubs - despite a very busy life. I find that when I read on my iPad I feel more like a word/story "consumer", but when I'm reading a non-electronic book I find more pleasure in the character and story development, as well the sheer pleasure of the words -- especially when well crafted. Always found this interesting. Oh, I'm 76 and do have some of the memory "losses" you mentioned in this interesting article but refuse to submit to old age!
Please read The Ministry for the Future. It’s the best book I read all year last year! (167 books last year)
Thanks for answering the questions regarding puzzles or pleasure. Good for us!
Another great read, no pun intended. Call us old fashion but my husband and I like to read hardcover or paperback books for easy access without exercising the fingers to scroll. I'm finishing an incredibly insightful book by Wayne Dyer called "You'll See it When You Believe It" which was sent to my husband as a gift. By the way, I can relate to your statement, "...big fears most people share are threefold: that they won't be professionally successful, that they won't do an effective and honorable job of contributing to their families, and that they'll face health challenges and old age—including memory loss."
Please pursue and share the list of books that help get people sucked into reading. Our children are readers and I’d like to help our grandchildren on this journey.
I cannot give attribution for either quote, but I know that I read each . . . years ago:
1. Research is what we do when we don’t know what we are doing.
2. Fully 1/2 of all I know I discovered while looking up something entirely different.
This has fueled a lot of my reading.
You should email the corresponding author to ask for the books used. It’s an important part of the methods so they should be happy to share. Elizabeth A. L. Stine-Morrow eals@illinois.edu
I read the New York Times every day and this column by Bill Murphy and also am always reading 2 books everyday, usually one nonfiction and one fiction. I tell people I am not really that smart, I just remember what I read and why would you read something if you are not going to remember it. I often learn things (remember things) from fictional books as well as nonfiction.
I do a reading challenge through “Goodreads” every year. I don’t compete against anyone, I just challenge myself to read a certain number of books in 12 months. Knowing December is crazy, I try to throw in a few extras throughout slower periods of the year, just to be sure I meet my goal. It’s nothing crazy. I plan for a book a month and usually finish 12-14 in the year.
How do I find the books? Bookbub.com.