CatoblepasJan 13

YSK: listening to audiobooks and reading books both activate the same language related areas of the brain

https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/youshouldknow/p/516444/ysk-listening-to-audiobooks-and-reading-books-both-activate-the-same-language-rela

YSK: listening to audiobooks and reading books both activate the same language related areas of the brain

Why YSK: if you don’t have the ability or time to devote your visual attention to reading, you can still engage your mind the same way as you do [w…

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IIRC there’s a scene in Die Another Day (2002) where James bond visits a Cuban cigar factory and there’s a lector.
Jan 13 at 10:16pmWeb
Show threadslazer2auJan 13

He is reading the daily news paper right?

I recall a story about when the war factories in WW2 started playing the radio through the assembly line productivity increased.

Show threadB-TR3EJan 13
Cuban cigar factories still are employing lectors.
Show threadNovi SadJan 13

This is so fascinating that the factory lector was/is a thing

The practice of reading aloud has a long history, and the tradition still survives in Cuba as a hard-won right deeply embedded in cigar factory workers’ culture. (El lector – paywall)

This article has some marvellous historical photos, really worth a look

rarehistoricalphotos.com/factory-lectors-1910/

Show threaduser_nameJan 14
The article is on JSTOR. If you are reading this comment and you live or work in Massachusetts you can get free JSTOR access. With more work (you have to go to a library) you can get free access if you live in New York State. If you live somewhere else, pick a library you know near you. You never know, sometimes even more municipal networks have access.
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