(Commentary) Michelle Obama can read you her “Becoming,” just as Simon Callow will dazzle with Roald Dahl’s “The Twits” – the author’s voice as rich as the actor’s craft. But is either the equal of reading? Researchers say no, or not quite. Daniel Willingham, a UVA professor of psychology, reports how words arrayed on the page are vital for formative readers to comprehend narrative, absorbing spatial cues to reinforce story and boost memory.