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Shakespeare, Wordsworth better therapy than
self-help books
Sunday January 13, 2013 07:34:38 PM,
IANS
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London: Reading works
of great writers like Shakespeare and Wordsworth in English can
boost morale and provide better therapy than a self-help guide, a
study has found.
Researchers from the University of Liverpool found the prose of
great writers had a beneficial effect on the mind, and provided a
boost to morale by catching the reader's attention and triggering
moments of self-reflection, the Daily Mail reported.
The experts used scanners to monitor brain activity of 30
volunteers as they read pieces of classical English literature
both in their original form and in a modern translation.
The experiment showed the more challenging prose and poetry set
off far more electrical activity in the brain than translated
versions.
Experts studied the brain activity as readers responded to each
word, and noticed how the brain "lit up" as the readers
encountered unusual words.
The research also found poetry increased activity in the right
hemisphere of the brain, an area concerned with "autobiographical
memory".
It helped readers reflect on and reappraise their own experiences
in light of what they had read.
The academics said this meant the classics were more useful than
self-help books.
The experts used works of Wordsworth, Henry Vaughan, John Donne,
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Philip Larkin and Ted Hughes.
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