Unlocking the Power of Reading:

Harnessing the Cognitive Benefits

of Reading as a Form of Reasoning
Introduction

Io ¶hi¨  e¨eo¶a¶izo, ×e
eܝlz e ¶he czgoi¶iÖe
beoeI¶¨ zf eadiog aod i¶¨
imac¶ zo ea¨zoiog. We
×ill delÖe io¶z ¶he ×aݨ
eadiog cao eohaoce
c i¶ical ¶hiokiog aod
 zblem-¨zlÖiog ¨kill¨,
leadiog ¶z im zÖed
czgoi¶iÖe f¾oc¶izo.
The Science of
Reading

Re¨ea ch ¨hzר ¶ha¶ eadiog

¨¶im¾la¶e¨ ¶he b aio,
eohaociog czgoi¶iÖe f¾oc¶izo
aod fz¨¶e iog aoalݶical
¶hiokiog. The ac¶ zf eadiog
eogage¨ m¾l¶ile egizo¨ zf
¶he b aio,  zmz¶iog
oe¾ zla¨¶ici¶Ý aod
eohaociog ea¨zoiog abili¶ie¨.
Reasoning and
Comprehension

Readiog  zmz¶e¨ lzgical

ea¨zoiog aod
czm eheo¨izo ¨kill¨. BÝ
eogagiog ×i¶h czmleÜ
oa a¶iÖe¨ aod diÖe ¨e
e ¨ec¶iÖe¨, eade ¨ deÖelz
¶he abili¶Ý ¶z aoalÝçe,
¨Ýo¶he¨içe, aod eÖal¾a¶e
iofz ma¶izo, leadiog ¶z
im zÖed c i¶ical ¶hiokiog.
Enhancing Problem-
Solving

Readiog fz¨¶e ¨ c ea¶iÖe

 zblem-¨zlÖiog bÝ
eܝz¨iog eade ¨ ¶z diÖe ¨e
¨ceoa iz¨ aod e ¨ec¶iÖe¨.
Th z¾gh li¶e a¶¾ e aod
iofz ma¶izoal ¶eܶ¨,
iodiÖid¾al¨ deÖelz ¶he
abili¶Ý ¶z ¶hiok c i¶icallÝ aod
deÖi¨e ioozÖa¶iÖe ¨zl¾¶izo¨
¶z czmleÜ  zblem¨.
Reading as a Form of
Reasoning

Readiog ¨e Öe¨ a¨ a
z×e f¾l ¶zzl fz ea¨zoiog
bÝ challeogiog iodiÖid¾al¨
¶z io¶e  e¶, aoalÝçe, aod
¨Ýo¶he¨içe iofz ma¶izo. Thi¨
czgoi¶iÖe eogagemeo¶
fz¨¶e ¨ io¶ellec¶¾al g z׶h
aod eohaoce¨ deci¨izo-
makiog abili¶ie¨.
Conclusion
Io czocl¾¨izo, eadiog zffe ¨
a m¾l¶i¶¾de zf czgoi¶iÖe
beoeI¶¨, iocl¾diog
eohaoced ea¨zoiog,
c i¶ical ¶hiokiog, aod
 zblem-¨zlÖiog ¨kill¨. BÝ
ha oe¨¨iog ¶he z×e zf
eadiog, iodiÖid¾al¨ cao
¾olzck ¶hei czgoi¶iÖe
z¶eo¶ial aod c¾l¶iÖa¶e a
¨ha e io¶ellec¶.
The end