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@gutenberg_org@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

How reading books regulates your nervous system

Books don’t just stimulate the mind — they trigger physiological changes throughout the body.

by Anne-Laure Le Cunff

https://bigthink.com/mind-behavior/how-reading-books-regulates-your-nervous-system/

#books #literature

Camillo Golgi's image of a dog’s olfactory bulb from his Sulla fina anatomia degli organi centrali del sistema nervoso, 1885.

A detailed anatomical illustration on aged cream paper showing layered neural structures of a dog's olfactory bulb. Large, bold black neurons dominate the middle sections, their sprawling dendrites branching upward like bare winter trees. At the top, shaded gray dome-shaped glomeruli are populated with star-shaped red neurons whose processes weave through flowing parallel fiber bundles. Slender blue threadlike fibers run vertically throughout, contrasting with the heavy black axons. At the bottom, finer and more delicate cells scatter into an increasingly sparse network of thin black lines. The overall composition has a striking visual rhythm, moving from dense complexity at the top to open, airy tracery at the bottom, with letters (a, b, d) annotating specific structures throughout.

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Camillo Golgi's image of a dog’s olfactory bulb from his Sulla fina anatomia degli organi centrali del sistema nervoso, 1885. A detailed anatomical illustration on aged cream paper showing layered neural structures of a dog's olfactory bulb. Large, bold black neurons dominate the middle sections, their sprawling dendrites branching upward like bare winter trees. At the top, shaded gray dome-shaped glomeruli are populated with star-shaped red neurons whose processes weave through flowing parallel fiber bundles. Slender blue threadlike fibers run vertically throughout, contrasting with the heavy black axons. At the bottom, finer and more delicate cells scatter into an increasingly sparse network of thin black lines. The overall composition has a striking visual rhythm, moving from dense complexity at the top to open, airy tracery at the bottom, with letters (a, b, d) annotating specific structures throughout. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Camillo_Golgi#/media/File:Camillo_Golgi's_image_of_a_dog%E2%80%99s_olfactory_bulb_(detail_2).jpg
Camillo Golgi's image of a dog’s olfactory bulb from his Sulla fina anatomia degli organi centrali del sistema nervoso, 1885. A detailed anatomical illustration on aged cream paper showing layered neural structures of a dog's olfactory bulb. Large, bold black neurons dominate the middle sections, their sprawling dendrites branching upward like bare winter trees. At the top, shaded gray dome-shaped glomeruli are populated with star-shaped red neurons whose processes weave through flowing parallel fiber bundles. Slender blue threadlike fibers run vertically throughout, contrasting with the heavy black axons. At the bottom, finer and more delicate cells scatter into an increasingly sparse network of thin black lines. The overall composition has a striking visual rhythm, moving from dense complexity at the top to open, airy tracery at the bottom, with letters (a, b, d) annotating specific structures throughout. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Camillo_Golgi#/media/File:Camillo_Golgi's_image_of_a_dog%E2%80%99s_olfactory_bulb_(detail_2).jpg
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How reading books regulates your nervous system

Books don’t just stimulate the mind — they trigger physiological changes throughout the body.
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LoseFriendsandAlienatePeople
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@LoseFriendsandAlienatePeople@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Is the lack of reading then leading to the lack of empathy?

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@murdoccc@infosec.exchange replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@gutenberg_org do you think this applies to graphic novels/comics as well? My intuition is that it does but to a lesser extent. The illustrations are a separate channel of focus for your brain, so it is not as 'restorative' as when your brain is only focusing on words.

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@gutenberg_org@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@murdoccc you’re probably right although I am not a neuroscientist.

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@elon12@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@gutenberg_org Hello friend Greetings 🌺
‎How are you doing today hope you’re feeling well and your family? You are having a direct text from Elon.

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