Experts break down whether listening to audiobooks or reading a print book is better for your brain health as you age.

“Once scorned by purists as the fake Rolexes of the reading world”, audiobooks are booming, said Nilanjana Roy in the Financial Times. As the industry continues to thrive, the definition of what it ...

More than 40 percent of Americans think that listening to audiobooks is less rigorous and really doesn’t count as reading. Cognitive neuroscientist Nadine Gaab disagrees, and she and other education ...

If you’ve ever been on the bookish side of social media, you may have come across one of the most heated debates among readers: do audiobooks “count” as reading? The question arises from the idea of ...

Supporting the notion that audiobook listening is real reading, there is substantial research to show that when we read a physical book or listen to an audiobook title, the same areas in our brain are ...

Readers respond to a librarian who wrote that listening to a book qualifies as reading. To the Editor: Re “Yes, Listening to a Book Counts as Reading,” by Brian Bannon (Opinion guest essay, Nov. 23): ...

Most parents struggle to get their children interested in reading. Recently, evidence has emerged suggesting that audiobooks may be a solution, helping boost kids’ interest and comprehension.

It's a social media debate many a book lover has fallen into, but here's why everyone should be allowed to read however — and whatever — they choose Getty It’s an opinion that book lovers often share ...

I’m an audiobook superuser. An earbud-wearing bookworm. (An earworm?) In the dozen or so years since I discovered my first audiobook, my reading life has changed completely. Authors whose work sat ...

“I don’t understand, I don’t get it, I’m tired.” These are phrases often heard from children with dyslexia, a developmental disorder that affects their ability to read. To reach a reading level ...

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