Comments on: ‘Readers: Born or made?’: Is there a recreational reading gene? http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/readers-born-or-made-is-there-a-recreational-reading-gene/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:05:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Are readers born, or made? http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/readers-born-or-made-is-there-a-recreational-reading-gene/comment-page-1/#comment-912265 Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Are readers born, or made? Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:26:01 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/07/06/readers-born-or-made-is-there-a-recreational-reading-gene/#comment-912265 [...] Sci-fi author Darrell Bain also wonders if readers are born instead of made (ht Teleread): [...] [...] Sci-fi author Darrell Bain also wonders if readers are born instead of made (ht Teleread): [...]

]]> By: Yoda47 http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/readers-born-or-made-is-there-a-recreational-reading-gene/comment-page-1/#comment-843953 Yoda47 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:18:16 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/07/06/readers-born-or-made-is-there-a-recreational-reading-gene/#comment-843953 Interesting thought, and something I've wondered too. I don't know though, I have ADHD and I'm an avid reader... Interesting thought, and something I’ve wondered too.

I don’t know though, I have ADHD and I’m an avid reader…

]]> By: TheRealBillc http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/readers-born-or-made-is-there-a-recreational-reading-gene/comment-page-1/#comment-843920 TheRealBillc Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:49:36 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/07/06/readers-born-or-made-is-there-a-recreational-reading-gene/#comment-843920 Of course it is always dangerous to to try and broadly characterize a group, but I think you will find that readers also tend to be more likely fans of sports based on individuals (tennis, golf, gymnastics) than group sports (football, basketball). They tend to value individual achievement over group goals. It also helps if the person felt a need to escape the "real" world from a young age - when other forms of escape would have been closed to them. A touch of introvert or shyness, a disability, or problems communicating also, I think, can encourage reading. Certainly a good imagination, or strong abitity to visualize helps too. A curiosity about the world and a strong desire to "know" things, without the real ability to travel, and/or or study would also lead someone to read. Because they read, you will find that readers tend to write better, have a better vocabrulary, and tend to appear better educated than their formal education would suggest. Of course it is always dangerous to to try and broadly characterize a group, but I think you will find that readers also tend to be more likely fans of sports based on individuals (tennis, golf, gymnastics) than group sports (football, basketball). They tend to value individual achievement over group goals. It also helps if the person felt a need to escape the “real” world from a young age – when other forms of escape would have been closed to them. A touch of introvert or shyness, a disability, or problems communicating also, I think, can encourage reading. Certainly a good imagination, or strong abitity to visualize helps too. A curiosity about the world and a strong desire to “know” things, without the real ability to travel, and/or or study would also lead someone to read. Because they read, you will find that readers tend to write better, have a better vocabrulary, and tend to appear better educated than their formal education would suggest.

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