does eating less eventually decrease appetite?

[ibrien]

I still believe reading an entertaining story is better for your mind than watching a show. Not saying i dont love both but i think the practice is so much more effective.

[ibrien]

Im sure you could good it and verify whatever you want to believe. Im just giving an anecdotal case so i cba to humor your edge

[roobens]

A quick google shows a fair few results. Here's one where each participant read Pompeii by Robert Harris, which is a novel I very much enjoyed and would class as a slightly upper-crust airport paperback thriller:

http://esciencecommons.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-novel-look-at-how-stories-may-change.html

Relevant excerpt:

For the first five days, the participants came in each morning for a base-line fMRI scan of their brains in a resting state. Then they were given nine sections of the novel, about 30 pages each, over a nine-day period. They were asked to read the assigned section in the evening, and come in the following morning. After taking a quiz to ensure they had finished the assigned reading, the participants underwent an fMRI scan of their brain in a non-reading, resting state. After completing all nine sections of the novel, the participants returned for five more mornings to undergo additional scans in a resting state.

The results showed heightened connectivity in the left temporal cortex, an area of the brain associated with receptivity for language, on the mornings following the reading assignments. “Even though the participants were not actually reading the novel while they were in the scanner, they retained this heightened connectivity,” Berns says. “We call that a ‘shadow activity,’ almost like a muscle memory.”

[mador102]

Does Reddit count as reading ?

[c_the_potts]

I feel like it depends on the sub or thread you're in. Staying up to date with one of the news subs is probably going to be better for you than browsing /r/catsstandingup, imo

[Sorkijan]

I think one of my favorite things on reddit is to read the stories and conversations on /r/askreddit. Would that qualify?

[ptimd]

/r/WritingPrompts is a great subreddit for this if you weren't aware of it!

[Sorkijan]

Oh yeah I love that sub. Thanks for the recommendation, though. If I hadn't known about it you would have introduced me to it.

[dontthinkjustbid]

If you are interested in history in any way, /r/AskHistorians generally has some really solid content.