Reposted by Lauren Edmondson
Reading for pleasure is linked to better cognition, mental health, empathy, memory, and more gray matter.
(There are probably confounding factors, but let's just choose to believe it's causal.)
newscientist.com
Reading for pleasure boosts memory, empathy and mental health | New Scientist
Fewer people are reading for pleasure, but getting lost in a good book has repeatedly been linked to substantial cognitive benefits