Key points from article :
Reading patterns of 3635 patients aged 50 and older studied.
12 years later participants who read for up to 3.5 hour a week were 17% less likely to die than those who didn’t read at all.
Study took into account education.
Book reading engages higher cognitive processes and promotes empathy, social perception, and emotional intelligence.
The study was published in the Social Science & Medicine journal.
COMMENT: surprising results given the sedentary nature of reading
