数字时代的阅读

Reading in the Digital Age

人类不是天生就会阅读的,阅读是一项需要通过后天努力培养才能形成的技能。人类大脑的可塑性使阅读成为可能。当学习阅读时,人的头脑会重组它现存的结构,创造新的连接点和路径,最终发展成一个"阅读式大脑"。一个能阅读的大脑不仅仅是一个信息解码器,它的专门区域还可以几乎在无意识的状态下认出符号。因此,正在阅读的大脑能够腾出更多的时间进行理解言外之意的精神活动,从而推动个体阅读者以及整个社会的知识文化的发展。阅读型大脑是通过不断阅读发展起来的。

Human being is not born to read, reading is a skill that has to be learned from scratch. Human brain＇s plasticity makes reading possible. When learning to read, human brain will re-arrange its existing structures, creating new connections and pathways, whereby develop into a ＂reading brain＂. A reading brain is not a mere decoder of information, its specialized regions can recognize symbols at almost automatic speed, therefore the reading brain can allocate more time to mental processes that go beyond the text, in turn propel the intellectual development of the individual reader and the society. Reading brain is developed by reading books.