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10 months agoIf you actually got through the 60 page speech you definitely accomplished something. What a chore that was!
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The tested science actually repeatedly finds differences between reading and listening. A quick Google scholar search revealed a lot:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11145-018-9924-8
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.3758/BF03197498.pdf
Reading is a process where one must decode a symbol (written letters and words) and translate it back into its natural language form, and then it is consumed as language. Listening is just language. Therefore it is unsurprising that reading and listening would have considerable overlap in the parts of the brain that are used as they do require the same thing. However, reading requires that extra step of deciding which language does not. Therefore - both written language and Braille are “read” but audiobooks are just listened to. This is not a judgment on anyone, it’s just a fact your brain has to do an extra step becuaee reading is not pure language. Moreover, obviously reading and listening are different because reading is a learned skill - one that humans cannot learn without being taught. Language, in contrast, is “acquired” and never needs to be explicitly taught. These are widely accepted facts in the fields of linguistics, psychology, and psycholinguistics. People just get real weird when they feel others are policing how they consume books. I don’t care how you consume books at all, and it’s a shame we don’t have a better word to describe consuming audiobooks but “reading” isn’t exactly correct, and seeing the same brain areas light up doesn’t mean it’s the same. It’s obviously not the same.
I was just at an Airbnb where the entire flowers in the attic series and 50 shades of grey were the only books on display… interesting vibes