Shakespeare is good for your brain
December 19th, 2006 by Bill
Apparently Shakespeare’s use of language is good for your head. It gets it all excited and twitchy as it’s forced to do engage in that unusual process of thinking.
In particular, Shakespeare’s use of a linguistic technique known as a functional shift, where a part of speech is employed in an unusual way — a noun might act as a verb, for example — forces a peak in brain activity. (CBC - Bard boosts brain, researchers say)
Mind you, anyone who watches the plays, acts in them or simply reads the text probably could have told you this.
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