Curling up with a good book is not only enjoyable, it can positively impact your mental and emotional health!
- Reading can reduce stress by up to 68%. Reading relaxes the body by lowering your heart rate and easing the tension in your muscles (University of Minnesota)
- Reading works your brain and helps prevent memory loss. Reading later on in life can help reduce mental decline by 32% (Neurology journal article)
- Literary fiction (ex. can improve their sense of empathy by being able to understand the psychology of characters and their relationships (Scientific American)
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