Has it been proven that reading for pleasure (fiction, etc.) makes you smarter? What do you think?

Answer 1

What makes you smarter, whether you read fiction or non-fiction is what you do with the knowledge. Knowledge is just a word until you apply what you have learned, then it becomes wisdom. The same is true about whatever you read. A person can learn just as much if not more from reading fiction as they can reading non-fiction. All you have to do is apply what you have read to whaterver genre you are into at the time and it all comes together.

Answer 2

i think it actually has been proven. it has been noted, as well, that children who live in homes where reading or books are not a priority (or even nonexistent) do not do as well in school as those who live in homes where reading and books are important. that does not mean that you can't spend your whole life never reading for pleasure and do great in some other subject, but i do believe it has been proven that reading makes you smarter. (even my dad doesn't read novels, but he is an avid reader of magazines and the newspaper, which is at least something!) reading keeps your brain working.

Answer 3

Yup. Cause u like the topic and it's so fun.Do the things you like can refresh and relax your body and soul. So...u're able to add new information into your brain and ...voila.. you can remember it too! That's why u become smarter.
You also need to use your imagination when you're reading fiction.Coz you can't see how's Hobbit really looks like in a picture (Even Webster's doesnt have a clue about it ), but you can see a lot of scientific pictures. N using imagination improves your brain activity..that what makes you even smarter.. !!

Answer 4

Reading for pleasure definately makes you smarter. The term Well Read means that you have read enough to be intelligent

Answer 5

Smarter, wittier, improves your imagination, your writing skills, etc. Yes. Particularly if you learn to look up words you come across as soon as you find them!

Words are mental symbols that represent ideas, things, actions, emotions, events, etc., and the more the "words" you have, the more ideas, things, actions, emotions, events, etc., you have to use to express yourself when you speak or write, and you will find that you will understand abstract concepts as well as concrete concepts while others around you are still struggling with them. By reading, you will also be able to pass exams (especially those essays) because of the wealth of information you can draw from! Yes, I'd say that it improve what is commonly referred to as "intelligence."

Answer 6

I don't know if it's been proven, but I think reading makes you smarter. I've been told, and for myself I see that it makes me a stronger speller, and has helped me improve my ability to write by seeing how authors manipulate words.

Answer 7

I think it keeps your brain active. You read and you imagine. Reading improves written skills and expands word knowledge. So yes. It makes you smarter.

Answer 8

It's escapism into a world that is intentionally designed to be unrealistic. As for vocabulary, that takes study, not passively absorbing words. Likewise, I must have seen WHO instead of WHOM used thousands of times without realizing this rule: If it is the subject of its own clause, use WHO, even if it is an object of a preposition in the main clause. So, passive activity is lazy and useless. Reading to find out about life is as ineffective as thinking that watching sports on TV will make you an athlete.

Answer 9

I don't know it if does, but I read a lot and (not trying to brag here) am more knowledgeable about more subjects than most of my friends.

I think it does open your mind to new ideas and ways of thinking, even if you only read fiction.

Answer 10

I think so.

If you can read books above your reading grade level like I did early on and keep doing it, then yes--you might get smarter. But reading alone doesn't increase your productive genius.