Readers have different brains. Here's the science behind how reading impacts society

Reading isn’t just a skill—it’s a brain game! Yet, reading for fun and not for learning is a severely declining habit today -- half of UK adults admit they don’t read regularly and 24% of young people claim they’ve never been readers. Research by Mikael Roll, published in Neuroimage, shows that people who are great at reading actually have unique brain structures. READING CHANGES THE BRAIN In a study of over 1,000 participants, Roll discovered that two key areas of the brain’s left hemisphere stand out in good readers. The same goes for reading—it literally shapes the areas of your brain, like the left Heschl’s gyrus and temporal pole.