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Reading print improves comprehension far more than looking at digital text, say researchers (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] j33pfan@lemm.ee 34 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It looks like it has much more to do with distractions and content type than the quality of the screens or fonts. From that, I assume that reading a good book on a digital screen with notifications off would show very little difference in comprehension. So, as usual with studies, the article title is a little misleading.

[–] Xel@mujico.org 5 points 11 months ago

I personally prefer kindle over traditional books just because I can read at night with the kindle and the kindle is lighter than books.

I think reading comprehension is the same, although my very weak arms get tired when reading the book while holding it up while I'm in bed and then I have to go to the next page, and sometimes accidentally go 2 pages forward so it does get distracting in that sense.

I know a lot of people really like physical books because of sentimental/ritualistic reasons though and setting up a kindle/nook is a hassle for them

[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 28 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Data involved 469,564 participants from studies published between 2000 and 2022.

So, a significant part of these studies were done before decent screens were even available.

[–] Azzu@lemm.ee 15 points 11 months ago

Screens are very very likely irrelevant, they did not control at all for content of the text. It's so incredibly logical that reading a full book gives better reading comprehension than reading tweets/reddit/tumblr/4chan to the point that this study is just one of the "duh" studies that may be necessary to say "yeah we already knew that but now it's confirmed"

[–] keefshape@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

Or dark mode adoption.