IF YOU’VE NOTICED THAT READING a book or printed newspaper doesn’t feel the same as reading the same material on your phone or computer, you’re not crazy. It’s not the same. When we read a book or the paper, most of the distractions we encounter are external – a barking dog, or the sound of a vacuum cleaner. This makes it relatively easy for our brains to decide what’s important and to ignore what’s not. This also leaves our brains with plenty of available bandwidth to think about and absorb what we’re reading. When we read words in print – which is to say, without links or ads – we primarily
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