{"id":364,"date":"2021-10-19T20:42:06","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T20:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/readlab\/?p=364"},"modified":"2023-08-10T19:03:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T19:03:47","slug":"whats-in-it-for-the-reader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/readlab\/2021\/10\/19\/whats-in-it-for-the-reader\/","title":{"rendered":"what&#8217;s in it for the reader?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In 2017, Read Lab alumna Christy Pavlov (nee McCullom) wanted to know more about the benefits of reading aloud with young children, but not the benefits to the children, themselves (we know there&#8217;s LOTS of those!) but more the benefits to the adult reader. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/readlab\/files\/2021\/10\/christy_sigmaxi-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-368\" width=\"574\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/readlab\/files\/2021\/10\/christy_sigmaxi-1.jpg 963w, https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/readlab\/files\/2021\/10\/christy_sigmaxi-1-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/readlab\/files\/2021\/10\/christy_sigmaxi-1-768x356.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Christy presenting this work at the Sigma Xi Honors Society poster session at SCU in 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Does reading a book with a young child make an adult feel happy? Does it give them a sense of connection? Is there something special about reading, above and beyond just being together with a child that can have some positive emotional benefit <em>for the reader<\/em>? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, it turns out, yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After three years and the teamwork of five other research students in the Read Lab, including recent graduate Sara Rabinowitz who worked through the pandemic on analyzing data and writing about this work, a new paper is out that describes and documents the real mood boosts that volunteer readers experience when they read aloud with preschool-aged children. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/readlab\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_6641-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-369\" width=\"-518\" height=\"-568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/readlab\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_6641-1.jpg 746w, https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/readlab\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_6641-1-273x300.jpg 273w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sara Rabinowitz graduating last year after taking lead authorship on this work<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The best part, is this new study is open-access, so you can read about all the details <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fpsyg.2021.706729\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, maybe you should read this paper aloud, with a child, and see how you feel after \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2017, Read Lab alumna Christy Pavlov (nee McCullom) wanted to know more about the benefits of reading aloud with young children, but not the benefits to the children, themselves (we know there&#8217;s LOTS of those!) but more the benefits to the adult reader. Does reading a book with a young child make an adult &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/readlab\/2021\/10\/19\/whats-in-it-for-the-reader\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">what&#8217;s in it for the reader?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1632,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","kk_blocks_editor_width":"","_kiokenblocks_attr":"","_kiokenblocks_dimensions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-read-recent","category-recent","category-uncategorized"],"gutentor_comment":0,"qubely_featured_image_url":null,"qubely_author":{"display_name":"readlab","author_link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/readlab\/author\/readlab\/"},"qubely_comment":0,"qubely_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/readlab\/category\/recent\/read-recent\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Read Lab<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/readlab\/category\/recent\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Recent Findings and Presentations<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/readlab\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"In 2017, Read Lab alumna Christy Pavlov (nee McCullom) wanted to know more about the benefits of reading aloud with young children, but not the benefits to the children, themselves (we know there&#8217;s LOTS of those!) but more the benefits to the adult reader. 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