30 Jan 2024

The case for using paper over screens for better comprehension

From Afternoons, 1:15 pm on 30 January 2024

Research shows that we don't absorb as much information reading from a screen as we do reading from paper.

So what does that mean in terms of comprehension in schools and readers' susceptibility to misinformation online?

Dr Lilu Yu at MacQuarie University in Australia has been studying the way we read and what the differences are, she speaks to Jesse.

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