with brain activity, what is the difference between some1 watching tv and some1 reading a book?

Question

this is for a psychology class and some people say that ur brain doesnt function at all wen watching television so i wanted to see the differences of the brain activity between reading and just watching.

Answer 1

All I can think of is that time seems to fly when reading. I cannot say that my brain doesn't work when watching television but I do have a tendency to ignore my surroundings.

Answer 2

I happen to think that your brain functions at all times even when it's not stimulated. I do believe that when you watch TV, you just listen and look compared to when you read. When reading your brain not only reads and interprets the words but it also helps you imagine in your mind what you are reading. It is showing you a picture. A movie if you like. A real movie is what everyone else sees, but a movie from your brain is what YOU imagine it to be, which is not the same as someone else's view. I believe the brain activity is much higher when reading.

Answer 3

Of course your brain functions when watching television, it has to interpret the images as well as color, symbols, and changes of scenery! Also the differences are clear hearing is involved with t.v. viewing which adds a very large difference of mental stimulation than reading, the responses to both are similar emotionally we have all cried watching movies and or reading a book. But with the book you would be creating the images in your imagination a much more right brained action than abstract images and so forth.

Answer 4

Education is good, because it teaches you how to learn, how to discipline your mind. Knowledge for a Christian is knowing the word, knowing your God, His nature, His will, His outlook on things. Wisdom is looking at things from God's perspective and putting them into action. Knowledge is great, but too much of it can puff you up if you don't counteract it with fruit of the Spirit. Ever know a person who's very knowledgeable, but has no temperance and no love? Their knowledge is almost useless in the long run. But wisdom? You find that and your soul shall live, because when you find wisdom, you find the way God Himself looks at a situation. Proverbs 3: By wisdom the Lord laid the earth’s foundations, by understanding he set the heavens in place; by his knowledge the watery depths were divided, and the clouds let drop the dew.