ReaderBank: Unlocking the Mind and Mental Health
Ben Alderson-Day
Edinburgh Futures Institute
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ReaderBank is an ambitious attempt to create the world's largest study of reading, imagination, and mental health. A collaboration between our Festival and researchers from Durham University, ReaderBank returns with new insights about what happens when we read. Join lead researcher Ben Alderson-Day for a workshop focused on the findings so far, what they tell us about the science of the imagination, and how reading unlocks new frontiers for mental health, psychological therapy, and neurodiversity.