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Whilst I can appreciate that the study tested certain texts/authors and results against those have been ascertained, I can't hold too great a regard for it until the breadth of inclusions has been detailed.
So - were only great literary works and their modern translations tested, or were some of the other great thinkers included, like Sophocles or Aristotle etc.
Or Moliere or Sartre or Camus.
Also, if this study shows that more brain power is required when 'translating' the piece being read, then surely reading/learning another language would do the same thing.
Or even reading in a genre that one is not familiar with, and therefore having to acquire perspective and familiarity.
Anyone tried reading management texts .... good grief they're a language all to their own (and mostly bullo imo)
The editorial indicates that the goodly Professor Davis will be speaking at a Conference this week, so perhaps more of the study/research will be revealed.
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