"You can’t zoom through poetry; it forces you to slow down, think, concentrate, relish words and phrases," writes Phillip Yancey in the Washington Post. "Nevertheless, neuroscience proves what each of these busy people have found: it actually takes less energy to focus intently than to zip from task to task. After an hour of contemplation, or deep reading, a person ends up less tired and less neurochemically depleted, thus more able to tackle mental challenges."