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anamandujano

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3. From my experience doing both,
Sat Sep 17, 2016, 01:56 PM
Sep 2016

I find that when reading I take in the information slowly and can pause to let my mind roam. Audiobooks don't allow time to imagine. Starting and stopping the tape doesn't work. Slow reading brings up memories, most needing insight and processing.

Example, when reading Einstein's Dreams, I had several moments of euphoria. When I was about half way through, I got too busy and found the audio book. I started again at the beginning and had nowhere near the good experience as I did with the reading.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein%27s_Dreams

Another example, I tried to read Piaget's The Child's Construction of Reality several times and always got stuck on the first page. My mind was overwhelmed with thoughts. Fun times!

I bookmarked the article for later.

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