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Originally Posted by issybird
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Oh darn, you mean I have to READ it?? Isn't there an audio version I can cheat with instead?
But serously, folks...
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Originally Posted by issybird
OK, I'll go first. I think "cheating" is a loaded term and is irrelevant to the issue. I think audiobooks are different from books.
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Actually, that was a point in the first news article linked in the post.
There are differences: the perception may be different, you may or not be getting the same experience the author intended, etc. But the question was to address the idea that listening was somehow "getting the reward without the work." And the conclusion was, as long as you are past the 5th-grade level, where decoding visual symbols into language has now become second nature, then no, cognitively speaking, your brain does essentially the same work in understanding and processing the content whether you consume it visually or aurally.
If you are still trying to LEARN to read, and your teacher assigns you a book report, and you listen to it instead of reading it, then yes, you are missing out on the practice at the decoding part of reading, and "cheating" on your assignment. But for literate adults...no, and if your fellow book club members give you a hard time because you listened to rather than read this month's selection, then you can show them the study and tell them what they can do with it. :-)