Reading engages multiple areas of the brain. When we read, we experience the events described as if we were a character in the story. fMRI research has identified the brain regions activated during reading, including the temporal lobe which handles phonological awareness and sound decoding, the frontal lobe which handles speech production, reading fluency, grammar usage and comprehension, and the angular and supramarginal gyri which serve as an "reading integrator" linking different brain areas to execute the action of reading. Learning about the brain regions involved in reading provided insight into how reading affects the brain for days after finishing a book.

1. HOW DOES READING
AFFECTS THE BRAIN

2. Reading affects the brain in such way that we experience all the events that the
character from the book experienced in the story.
Using fMRI researches could identify the parts thar were in activity during the
reading. Reading can affect the brain for days after you finish the book.
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3. So what parts of the brain are used during the reading?
We use the temporal lobe, located beneath the lateral fissure on both cerebral
cortex, is responsible for phonological awareness and decoding sounds.

4. The frontal lobe, that is located at the front of each cerebral hemisphere and
positioned anterior to (in front of) the parietal lobe and superior and anterior to
the temporal lobes, handles speech production, reading fluency, gramatical
usage, and comprehension, making it possible to understand simple and
complex grammar in our native language.

5. And we use also the angular and the supramarginal gyrus, the angular gyrus is a
region of the brain in the parietal lobe, that lies near the superior edge of the
temporal lobe, and immediately posterior to the supramarginal gyrus and the
supramarginal gyrus is located just dorsal to the angular gyrus allowing these two
structures to form a multimodal complex that receives somatosensory, visual, and
auditory inputs from the brain, these parts serve as a "reading integrator" a
conductor of sorts, linking the different parts of the brain together to execute the
action of reading.

6. This course allowed me to identify all the parts of the brain, the
divisions, the nerves, the distribution of blood, every part of the brain,
in a way I could not before. No doubt I learned a lot during and even
after the end during the development of the final project. Thank you!