Have you ever wondered what happens to your brain when you read? Fatma Deniz, a postdoctoral researcher in neuroscience in the Gallant Lab at UC Berkeley and former data science fellow with the Berkeley Institute for Data Science, says “At a time when more people are absorbing information via audiobooks, podcasts and even audio texts, our study shows that, whether they’re listening to or reading the same materials, they are processing semantic information similarly”. How cool is that!? Following up on our previous blog post about whether or not listening to audiobooks should be considered reading, we now have a definitive answer!
According to NeuroScienceNews.com, “The results can be viewed in an interactive, 3D, color-coded map, where words — grouped in such categories as visual, tactile, numeric, locational, violent, mental, emotional and social — are presented like vibrant butterflies on flattened cortices. The cortex is the coiled surface layer of gray matter of the cerebrum that coordinates sensory and motor information. The interactive 3D brain viewer is scheduled to go online this month”.
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