Reading Fiction Changes Your Brain, let me explain.

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Reading fiction makes us more empathetic. It stimulates our imaginations. It allows us to simulate what the characters are doing and feeling.
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@JackClose 2 года назад

If you'd like to read the research behind this, all the links are provided in the blog article here: www.jackclose.com/fiction/

@ReligionAndMaterialismDebunked 10 месяцев назад

First to comment. :3

@GabijaS18 2 года назад

I have already read 35 fiction books in 2022! As well as several non fiction - reading is EVERYTHING! My vocabulary has expanded so much, I find I am able to communicate much more easily with people as well as being able to express my feelings in a much clearer way!

@equaa7557 2 года назад

Dang thats really good! I dont have alot of fiction books. My books usually consist of dense reads on philosophy, psychology and forensics. Im barley at 10 lol

@GabijaS18 2 года назад

@@equaa7557 To be fair, those are much harder to get through, but it’s still great you’re reading!

@JackClose 2 года назад

Damn that's some serious numbers! Couldn't agree more that it helps make communication much clearer!

@GabijaS18 2 года назад

@@JackClose 😁👍

@AesthethicAkhira 2 года назад

how do you read soo much??

@EllaCharlotteJones 2 года назад

This was so interesting - I love hearing your perspective on topics through the lens of brain science. I've always loved reading fiction too, I guess for me it is also nice to do something that doesn't involve a screen. Especially as I use my laptop most of the day for work.

@JackClose 2 года назад

Yeah couldn't agree more, I always read before bed because I don't want my phone to be the last thing I look at!

@hofi3045 2 года назад

My man is on a roll with all of these videos. More people should know about your channel, you're amazing, keep bringing em!

@Mwage03 Год назад

Great channel. High quality with thorough research. 👏🏽👏🏽

@user-ux6lk5vw8i Год назад

I think you deserve more subscribers, You provide value

@EduardoHenrique-nd1ro Год назад

Amazing video, Jack! I’m rereading the HP books and it’s amazing! Gonna read the paper you referenced. Thanks for sharing with us!

@Nickopotamus1 2 года назад

Man I absolutely love this content as an aspiring reader and psychologist in training. You deserve so many more subs

@JackClose 2 года назад

Great, glad you enjoyed it!

@AkkuSriv 2 года назад

Love the editing 👌

@buvic3321 2 года назад

Cool! I love your story telling in this video

@user-ky3gu7zc5j Год назад

The video is really great!

@willvandom5105 3 месяца назад

so excited to read more thank you

@arishpardiwalla3622 2 года назад

Great video man. About to send it to my friends for a listen.

@JackClose 2 года назад

Thanks Arish!

@justinwu136 2 года назад

your content is so underrated. keep it up!

@JackClose 2 года назад

Thanks Justin, will do!

@notequalto5179 2 года назад

I recently read The Familiar Dark by Amy Engel. I'm a young adult male living in a city. Reading about a single mother living in a small town who's only child was murdered was a very different perspective. Even if it's not a true story, it showed me a lot of the horrors women face in the modern world. There's some pretty dark stuff in there but empathy wise was very valuable as some problems Eve faced in the book are actually experienced by a lot of women.

@ReligionAndMaterialismDebunked 10 месяцев назад

@jarenfromvenus 2 года назад

I write fiction. ☺️😊

@Lina-ub3fl Год назад

Really?

@AmbarishR45 10 дней назад

What is the story?

@fwebster6226 2 года назад

Reading fiction before I go to sleep is also a great form of decompression as well.

@seblm_g3211 2 года назад

Great video👍

@JackClose 2 года назад

Thank you!

@azizhariz2657 2 года назад

Once again I think the youtube algorithm for showing me your channel I just saw 2 videos and I already in love with your channel . Keep up the good work mate . (+1 subscribe)

@JackClose 2 года назад

Cheers Aziz, I'll give it my best shot!

@artistvivek6721 Год назад

Four ways to knowing something 1. Science 2. Reason 3. Imagination 4. Intuition And 5. Selfishness

@gormenfreeman499 3 месяца назад

Whenever I read a fiction novel, I feel it affects me forever. While TV shows or movies, I can’t really remember them as much except a few meme moments.

@martymation9303 2 года назад

interesting b-roll footage choice there 3:10

@mohiniagrawal4878 2 года назад

I wanna start reading as soon as possible. Which kind of books should I start with ? I am shy but I need to develop confidence. Thanks😊😊❤️❤️

@EmonBalatucan Год назад

Just recently loving reading books, Jack. Love your content. Feedback: your background music is too loud (at least to me) whilst you’re speaking.

@JackClose Год назад

Thank you for the feedback!

@peterreed736 4 месяца назад

I'm a 59 year old male and last read fiction in my last year of school in 1983. My issue with fiction is that because the characters don't exist (other than in the author's imagination) and as such I can't get invested in what happens to them because in the bigger picture it doesn't matter. You might therefore think I think reading fiction is a waste of time...not so...if you enjoy reading fiction then it could never be said to be a waste of time. My wife said my empathy and EI is lacking sometimes and she believe that my unwillingness to read fiction contributes to this. I had to study English Literature at school and I absolutely hated it because we only ever read fiction. I consume books constantly but always non fiction.

@kabutler70 11 дней назад

I’m 54 years old and felt the same way for the last 29 years that I’ve been reading history biography business success etc. but I always felt a void , I was always in the low track English as it was called at school for the not so smart ones, I decided recently to read English literature & I’m loving it, I’m trying to catch up on all I’ve missed, since this my own choice and not school it is a wonderful pursuit, just recently read Dickens Great expectations which was great reading, I’ve also just read the shorter ones, Fahrenheit 451, Animal Farm , All quiet on the western front to name a few, it’s worth it, believe me, once you seriously start it is worth every minute of your time!

@shiaaboi4282 Год назад

Hi I just recently found your channel and I think it's good. I am a reader meself. But I haven't been reading for a while and i recently just got back to reading but after reading few chapters headache strikes. Is this normal?

@AmbarishR45 10 дней назад

I started reading Game of thrones book

@JackClose 10 дней назад

Good luck with it!

@simplify_2 18 дней назад

3:10 U got sum u wanna say XD

@jamesmcclure3907 3 месяца назад

Watching fiction happens at a fixed pace (movies, tv, etc) whereas you control the pace as you read

@jamesag4135 2 года назад

I knew my English Literature A level was related to my Biology and Chemistry A levels somehow.

@user-wajih11 2 года назад

Man keep doing video come on

@sardororifkhanov-hk3sm Год назад

So interesting but so underated😢 i hope that you will get popular some day🫠

@ReligionAndMaterialismDebunked 10 месяцев назад

Fellow Jewish brother, and fellow non-religious one (like most of us, thankfully, and I'm spiritual as well), Daniel Radcliffe, the Harry Potter actor. ^_^

@justwatchlng019 2 года назад

Everytime i read, i dont remember a single word or what i read. Do you have any tips?

@mattias640 Год назад

Read one passage and summarize it in a piece of paper

@maria-pk8zu 2 года назад

Some time ago, I was trying to examine if there was any benefit in reading fiction (since we all run to self-help books at least one in our lives for help). I came to the same conclusions as you but failed to find a synthesis of the ideas that were running through my mind… Glad there’s this video for anyone who has the same questions!

@JackClose 2 года назад

Thanks María, don't get me wrong... I still love a self-help book every once in a while still

@yannymera6030 Год назад

I would like to start to reading more fiction, can anyone recommend to me a good book?

@JackClose Год назад

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is my current read - love it!

@joekapp5471 4 месяца назад

I for one get annoyed that so many books are adapted into some form of screen medium. One may picture a character a certain way and then suddenly an actor can ruin the way we pictured the character. I’m proud to admit that I have not seen a single Harry Potter movie! And I always refuse to look at it when someone watches it in my presence. I’ll leave the room or leave the residence. Harry Potter is good enough to experience in written form only, and doesn’t need a screen adaptation to back it up.

@FrancesoCamarda9 3 месяца назад

huberman got exposed

@samuelvialle6145 2 года назад

Consider Remaking this Video? It feels like your guessing at the end of your sentences. Your pace is to slow to retain people. Flush out the Idea and make the B-role match better. Reading fiction, like Dune, The Name of the Wind, or the Da Vinci code, Stimulates the wandering mind in a way nothing else can. Your Doing Great Jack. This Video Idea Has the Potential to Pop