Listening to text, instead of reading it, has definite advantages sometimes. The most obvious advantage is that you can listen to a recorded text while doing something else with your hands and ...

ZedClampet: I intend to both listen and read, but sometimes my brain checks out, and I end up doing neither. I do enjoy strong narratives, though.

One debate that's sure to draw a lot of strong opinions and hot takes — does listening to an audiobook count as reading? (This story originally aired on July 7 on All Things Considered.) ...

What to watch, listen to and read this weekend Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: the new album by Snail Mail, the 2020 book ...

Indeed, in most US schools, the only time a student is told to listen is when a teacher roars, “Stop talking and listen up.” But like reading and writing, listening is a skill that must be ...

For instance, reading a novel or book for pleasure gets processed in the same way whether you actually read or listen to it. However, things may vary somewhat for books from which you are trying ...

Reading and listening to a book may engage different brain pathways, he tells Mic, but most psycholinguists (they study language the psychological and neurobiological aspects that allow humans to ...

Now 65, he spends more time listening to books than reading, but that’s a matter of “accessibility,” not because one medium is more pleasurable than the other.

What to watch, read and listen to this weekend Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: two great newsletters, FX's The Bear, and ...