Reading aloud boosts memory According to a new study published in the journal Memory, we are more likely to remember something if we read it out loud. The authors of the study, from the University of Waterloo in Canada, report that the "dual action" of speaking and hearing yourself speak helps the brain to store the information so that it becomes long-term memory. This process is called the "production effect." The new study builds on previous work by the University of Waterloo team that investigated the benefits of activities such as typing and writing words in boosting memory retention. In 2015, Medical News Today reported on a study by researchers in Canada that also found that repeating words aloud boosts verbal memory. In that study, 44 French-speaking students read a selection of words fr...