What is happening in your brain when you are reading this line of text?
How does your brain work when you read?
When I read a novel, why do I have a series of emotional reactions when the virtual world in the novel happens?
Why do some people like reading and some don't? Is online reading the same as traditional reading?
This book gives the answers to these questions. When reading, you must first see the letters and identify them, then form those letters into words, the words into sentences, and use the rules of grammar to understand these sentences.
How do we complete this seemingly simple but actually complex cognitive process? The author leads us step by step to decode the mysterious world of reading from letters, words, sentences, and paragraphs. Only by understanding these mental processes of reading can we further explain why some people like reading and others don't.
Wonderful book excerpts:
Psychology The term "automatic" is used at home to indicate that a program uses very little working memory. working memory is a "working space" where thinking occurs. Unfortunately, this space is limited. A person can only think about a certain number of things at the same time. This is why driving is such an all-consuming task for newbies, as they have to consider how many degrees to turn the steering wheel when changing lanes, how much distance to keep from the car in front, etc. However, once these steps become "automatic," some space in working memory can be freed up to do other cognitive tasks, such as talking to passengers.
Once "reader" becomes part of the self-concept, reading will become a regular and feasible activity.
Children who do not incorporate "reader" as part of their self-concept are less likely to consider reading as an activity option. They may have a neutral or more positive attitude towards reading, but they will not see reading as something they do, just as they will not deliberately refuse to participate in Renaissance Festival activities because they have never thought about whether they will like it. this activity.
The importance of reading comprehension will appear around the fourth grade of elementary school. During this period, most children can decode fairly fluently and their reading comprehension has deepened. Children who have reading habits at home will accumulate background knowledge to help them derive information in more challenging reading tasks. This knowledge and rich vocabulary take years to accumulate, so the contribution to reading is not obvious at the stage when children are learning to decode.
The importance of reading motivation will become apparent in middle school. During this period, students' time pressure increases, and leisure reading may be abandoned. Children who have a reading habit at home see themselves as readers and are more likely to maintain the reading habit throughout their lives. Therefore, the research not only provides recommendations for improving reading skills, but also sheds light on the time period when problems arise and highlights the need to intervene before problems arise.
