2006-06-15 02:19:47 · 27 answers · asked by James W 2 in Health ➔ Mental Health
YES!
2006-06-15 02:23:45 · answer #1 · answered by THE BEAST 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know a woman who has only a 6th grade education, she's in her late 70's now, but she's worked for The House of Representatives, the US Senate, etc. Her friends have asked her what college did she attend. I know that the education she received was from reading. Reading opens doors to whole new worlds. She see how other people live, think, dream. You learn VOCABULARY, and comprehension. Because if you are curious, when you approach a word that doesn't make sense to you, you will look it up... I have personally learned a lot from reading and I share that with friends and family when they ask, where did you get that information, I can say, "I read it somewhere". So yes!
2006-06-15 09:25:31 · answer #2 · answered by Dancer3d 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, reading does make a person smarter.
2006-06-15 09:22:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know if it necessarily makes you smarter, but it does open up a whole world of experience . It also helps you to retain information that you normally might not have known. If you just happened to have finished reading something and someone asked you a question on that same subject, you would be better able to recall it while it's still fresh in your mind.
2006-06-15 09:25:41 · answer #4 · answered by tammers 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. It widens your horizons, improves your imagination, language, spelling, reasoning powers, conversation. There are many things about reading that make your smarter and it isn't all about study but learning a wide scope of things.
2006-06-15 09:25:29 · answer #5 · answered by justswimmin 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It builds vocabulary, stimulates the imagination, and exercises the brain. Especially if the reading is on a wide variety of subjects in different genres.
Reading only romance novels (smut), however, has little discernible positive effect.
2006-06-15 09:28:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, because you will pick up facts within the stories you read, as well as gain an understanding of the motivations of characters in the books you read, which may help you understand the motivations of people you know. Anytime you use your noggin, you get smarter.
2006-06-15 09:23:54 · answer #7 · answered by Amy C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, it actually depends on the book or any other reading material that you are using. If it is educational, of course you'll be able to gather new ideas and informations which adds to your knowledge. Also, reading widens once vocabulary, thus, making your vocabulary more enriched.
2006-06-15 09:26:10 · answer #8 · answered by timmy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It makes you know more, but that is of course not the same as being smarter.
2006-06-15 09:23:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, because reading can stimulate the mind. Neuron in the brain fire a signal in the brain cells. That stimulant keep the mind young and sharp.
2006-06-15 09:35:45 · answer #10 · answered by mj 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not neccessarily smarter but reading definately exercises your brain.
2006-06-15 09:24:27 · answer #11 · answered by Luca 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋