1刺激大脑

想象大脑就像肌肉一样，当你运动时，肌肉就会变得强壮、健康。这就意味着随着年龄的增长，你会变得更加强壮。大脑也是一样的，你保持精神刺激越多，你就越不容易患上阿尔茨海默病和痴呆症。这是因为你在刺激大脑时就是在锻炼大脑，而阅读是训练大脑最好的一种方法。

具体阅读什么内容都没有关系，不论是阅读工具书还是小说，最关键的是要定期阅读。

2提高长期记忆

阅读通常可以帮助你记忆，且令人惊奇的是，它不被特定类型的书籍类型所局限。因为在阅读学习新的事实和技巧时就会锻炼到记忆力。很多人认为阅读小说一定没有阅读工具书来的有效，但是，其实阅读小说同样有价值，因为在阅读时你必须记住人物、背景、历史和细节。事实是，所有这些都会推动大脑来帮助你发展你的记忆力，从而帮助你关联正在阅读的内容并对其进行记忆。就像刺激大脑一样，这可以帮助你改善长期记忆并减缓伴随年龄增长而引起的大脑退化。

3提高注意力

我们的世界，尤其是互联网和各样的娱乐节目，充满了让我们分心的事物，导致我们整日失去注意力，特别是社交媒体等软件时常跳跃的通知，不断地在争夺我们的注意力。这样缺乏专注力的环境会增加压力并且降低我们的生产力。但是阅读却可以有限改善这一点。首先，选择一本你感兴趣的书，然后开始阅读。这是因为在阅读的时候，你必须专注于你要阅读的内容，对于我们大多数人来说，我们必须花费较长长时间阅读才能读完一本书。因此在阅读的过程中，可以帮助你忽略分心，重要的是可以减少压力。

4提高词汇量

这个结果不会让人感到震惊，阅读可以帮助你扩大词汇量，并且在很多内容上使用以前未知的单词（不论是母语阅读还是外语阅读都同样适用）。这是因为在阅读中会时常暴露自己以前可能不知道的单词的范围，自然而然地增加了词汇量。这些带来许多潜在的影响力，例如改善沟通的技能，无论是书面还是口语的表达，它可以帮助你更好地表达自己的观点，并且会让你感到自信。同样，如果你正在学习一门新的语言，学习和接触新单词最好的方法之一就是尽可能多地阅读该语言的书籍。

5提高辩证思维

阅读时会增强的我们的分析思维能力，你的大脑会在学习中记下一些观点，帮助你回答以后可能遇到的一些问题。例如，想象你正在读一本从未涉足的领域的书。在阅读的过程中，你会发现你学到了一些细节，而正是这些细节帮助你于你进入新的世界。你阅读的内容越多，你学到的也就越多，你就会把这些信息整理在一起，帮助你解决问题。例如，市场营销的很大一部分是要从人类心理学领域去研究的，如果你读到了他与人类心理学相关的书籍，你可能就得用这些知识来制定更有力的市场营销方案。

最后，你正在读一本书吗？

以下是英文版的总结，有需要的小伙伴可以对照着总结学习哦！

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1. Stimulate Your Brain 

- Imagine the brain is like a muscle, when you exercise a muscle it stays stronger and healthier, which over the course of your life means you're likely to feel stronger as you age 

- The brain is the same, the more you keep mentally stimulated, the less likely you'll suffer from issues such as Alzheimer's and Dementia 

- That's because you're exercising the brain when stimulating it, and reading is one of the best ways to do this, as well as other mental exercises 

- It doesn't matter what you read specifically, though learning and reading fiction can often benefit you the most, the key is just to read regularly 

2. Improve Memory 

- Reading can often help your memory and the amazing thing is, it's not limited to any specific genre or type of book either

 - For example, reading a book where you are learning is obviously going to benefit your memory as you learn new facts and skills while reading

 - However, equally valuable is reading fiction for example, as you have to remember about characters, backgrounds, history and details, such as their motivations

 - The thing is, all of this pushes the brain to help you develop your memory, helping you to contextualize what you are reading and remember it

 - Just like stimulating the brain, this can help improve your long term memory and slows down the process of degeneration of the brain with age 

3. Improve Concentration

 - Our world, especially with the Internet today, is full of distractions that causes us to lose focus throughout the day, especially as we have constant notifications vying for our attention 

- This lack of focus actually increases stress and lowers our productivity, but reading a book can actually help you change this behavior 

- That's because when reading, you have to focus on what it is you're trying to read, and for most of us we have to read for a prolonged period of time for us to progress as much as we want to through the book 

- Therefore, the act of reading will actually help you improve focus and concentration, helping you ignore distractions and importantly, reduce stress as a result 

4. Improve Vocabulary

 - Hardly a shock, but reading frequently will help to grow and expand your vocabulary and to use previously unknown words on a more frequent basis

 - This is because as you read you expose yourself to a whole range of words that you may not have been aware of previously, naturally increasing your vocabulary 

- All of which can help improve your communication skills, whether written or spoken, as you can better articulate points you want to make and feel more confident about yourself - Likewise, if you're learning a new language, one of the best ways to learn and gain exposure to new words is to read as much in that language as possible 

5. Stronger Analytical Thinking Skills

 - When you read you learn to develop stronger analytical thinking skills, whereby you can learn to mentally take note of details that will help you answer other questions you might have later

 - For example, imagine you're reading a book with a mystery, by developing these skills through reading more, you might find you learn to pick up details that help you answer the mystery before the end 

- This also applies to learning, the more you read, the more you can learn to put pieces of information together to help you find solutions to problems

 - For example, a huge part of marketing is understanding human psychology, and if you read about human behavior, you might be able to use that knowledge to come up with more powerful marketing campaigns