re: #252 Birth Control Works

Audible is my friend

Question for you about audio versus reading.

Do you find you retain more of the story and details from reading or from the audio being read to you?

There has been some discussion about learning regarding books or video (TV) and audio is part of that debate.

Some educators think by reading there is a more permanent storage of the info in the brain due to the work it takes the brain to make words into pictures and thoughts.

They believe when the info comes to you from audio and images it is too easy and the brain doesn’t process it in a way that makes you work to retain. They say that is why you can watch something on TV and a few minutes later have a hard time explaining in detail what you saw.

I’ve even seen people discuss the difference between real life images and pictures in a book or even more so on TV. The thinking there is the printed half-tone dots and the small pixels of video do not implant the same way as seeing it for real. The image is broken up and that is not hat mom nature intended.

I’ve always found all that interesting.