The great benefits of reading Reading literature has a positive effect on human development in two ways: Training the mechanism for decoding information. A specific part of the brain is responsible for this, which works the same when you read the classics, read a text message from your boss, or even watch a video/film/picture.
Training your internal speaking mechanism. The tongue moves all the time, even if you try to relax it — it repeats the movement to say the words, "talking out" your thoughts. Internal enunciation helps you remember new words, expressions, and concepts.
The only difference is reading literature — the ability to mechanically remember the written image of the words. That, in turn, increases the literacy of writing words.
The rest of the "benefit" of reading is the information received in any form or form.
