Why reading matters, Rita Carter, TEDx Cluj

Speaking is already in our genes. But reading is not. Until about 100 years ago most people didn t do it all. When we read fiction especially, we create new pathways in our brain. Reading 30 pages of fiction every night, gets the pathways thicker and thicker. Our brain needs a workout just like our body. Rita Carter is a writer, broadcaster and journalist who specializes in the workings of the human brain. Her books include the first laymans guide to neuroscience: Mapping the Mind, which has been translat