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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
I would guess that brain scans and the like will point to very different level of activity in different parts of the brain when one reads and when one watches TV.
I would guess that the brain is more active reading a trashy romance then watching a fair amount of what is on TV today.
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Reading is an active thing, the brain imagines what the words are describing. TV provides sounds and images, so the brain doesn't need to work, hence less activity. The brain activity goes back up if the TV watcher grows tired of The Sopranos and switches over to play GTA4, since video games require the brain to be active (analyze, react, solve problems).