Brain simulates actions in stories as a person reads: study

Sunday, February 1, 2009 - 12:07 in Psychology & Sociology

Reading a book triggers an active response in a person's brain, replicating the activity described in the story, a study by Washington University researchers in St. Louis, Mo., indicates.

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