Brain Response to Audiobooks

Question of the Week, from the Naked Scientists

English - July 15, 2018 23:00 - 3 minutes - 3.38 MB - ★★★★ - 1 rating
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Tuomo asks, "Does your brain respond differently when you're listening to an audiobook compared to when you're reading a book? And does this affect how much information you can retain?". Isabelle Cochrane put this to Dr Matt Davis, Programme Leader in Hearing Language at Cambridge's MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists