Can Reading Improve our Well-Being and Make Us Better Equipped for Life?

25/08/2025 45 min

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Episode Synopsis

Reading for pleasure has dramatically declined over the last few decades, mostly in favor of image and video based mediums. Learn why this matters for memory, social cognition and behavior, well-being and mental health. In this episode we explore how the medium of communication shapes how we think and how we pay attention, among other critical psychological processes. In turn, these actions and processes shape our discourse and how we relate to each other.