Reading about stuff stimulates the brain in a way similar to the stuff itself.
Makes reading all the more attractive to me.
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This is absolutely fascinating. If this is what reading does for our brains, what does that say about pen and paper gaming?
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The Neuroscience of Your Brain on Fiction
Stories stimulate the brain. Metaphors like “He had leathery hands” rouse the sensory cortex.
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Neat!