Naked Science Forum
General Science => Question of the Week => Topic started by: katieHaylor on 02/07/2018 11:41:06
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Tuomo asks:
Does your brain respond differently when you’re listening to an audio book compared to when you’re reading a book? And does this affect how many details you can remember?
What do you think?
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If you are listening to an audio book while driving your car, I hope that there are at least some periods of time when your attention is focused entirely on the driving!
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Does your brain respond differently when you’re listening to an audio book compared to when you’re reading a book?
For begginers, main difference is in activity of different areas of brain. Wenricke's area is in both. Difference is in attention too. Like evan_au said it:If you are listening to an audio book while driving your car, I hope that there are at least some periods of time when your attention is focused entirely on the driving!
And it depends on if you are more audiophile or bookworm.
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Hi Tuomo & meow Katie !
In relation to Memory or memorizing:
If you compare statistical data of a group of visually impaired VS a group of audibly impaired individuals, No stark differences can be noted in terms of memory capacity.
Both groups are pretty much equal.
But combine them both and compare with another group which is neither visually or audibly challenged, a slight difference is noted in favor of the latter.
Hence reading n memorizing VS listening n memorizing both create a distinct imprint on the brain.(left foot VS right foot)
P.S. - For optimum results it is advisable to do both at the same time, i.e. reading aloud.
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it partly does.
it takes in ifo from a seperate sensory organ and processes it in terms of sounds and space
not visualisationary information and space
which is a difference in how animals evolved, if Darwin was right
the eyes evolved to take in and visualise them into understanding
while the ears evolved into processing on the go noise
which means not just the visualisation auditory difference
also the speed at which it is processed.
ancient man processed noise as a threat rather than a good thing, e.g the sound of a animal chasing it
so sound-output tends to be more physical oriented
wheras a caveman painting a picture was more relaxed, and slowerly processed.