[HIGHLIGHTS] Michel Desmurget: “Reading powerfully nourishes intelligence and imagination”

Michel Desmurget is a doctor in neuroscience and research director at Inserm. He is the author of Make Them Read! To put an end to the digital idiot.

A new study from the National Book Center reveals a drop in reading time among 7-19 year olds. “Reading powerfully nourishes intelligence and imagination’, he says. ‘The mechanism is the same as for all major public health problems.’ ‘Reading is the key to a healthy life,’ he adds.