The Ultimate Spring Reading List For Keeping Your Brain Fit

Reading is the best exercise for the brain so if you want to wake up your brain from the winter nap, read! Here is a spring reading list of my latest favorite science fiction and non-fiction books. Not only for geeks or wannabe futurists! It’s proven: reading keeps your brain fit When asked about reading, Japanese writer, Haruki Murakami said, “I go back to the reading room, where I sink down in the sofa and into the world of The Arabian Nights. Slowly, like a movie fade out, the real world evaporates. I’m alone, inside the world of the story. My favorite feeling in the world”. That’s what I feel when I’m immersed in a book. I build up completely new universes, live the life of Gulliver underway or Alice running after the white rabbit. Reading stimulates my fantasy, appeases my thirst for knowledge and lets my imagination roam without borders. Moreover, beyond my idealistic enthusiasm, it is scientifically proven that reading helps preserve the human cognitive capacity for a longer time. According to a study at the Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Research Foundation, mental stimulation like reading can help protect memory and thinking skills, especially with age. The authors of the study even suggest that reading every day can slow down a late-life cognitive decline, keeping the brain healthier and higher functioning for longer. Thus, reading is not only a joyful activity for me, it also helps with my goal to live a long, mentally fit life up until my 90s. It...
Source: The Medical Futurist - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: Medical Science Fiction books future non-fiction reading reading list sci-fi Source Type: blogs