How Have Our Brains Changed From Reading in a Digital Age?

Researchers shed light on how reading in a digital age impacts our cognitive ability and how to get back to dynamic reading.

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In the age of smartphones, tablets, and e-readers, the way we read has undergone a deep transformation. But what are the cognitive effects of this shift to digital mediums?

Macquarie University researchers, Sixin Liao, Lili Yu, Jan-Louis Kruger, and Professor Erik Reichle, reveal interesting highlights in a review, Dynamic Reading in A Digital Age: New insights on Cognition, published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences in September 2023.