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Old 10-29-2009, 11:48 AM   #58
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Originally Posted by badbob001 View Post
Care to explain this vague benefit that you are referring to? Is there a specific future problem or confusion that you would want addressed? .
Yes, badbob001, glad you asked the question. The benefit might perhaps maybe be for neuroscientists and scholars studying MRI brain scan images of reading on paper vs reading on screens, to see if different parts of the brain light up when paper reading and when screen-reading. In fact, some scientists are doing these tests now. Read Dr Maryanne Wolf's book titled "Proust and the Squid' or just google it to get a summary of what she has done so far. Dr Gary Small at UCLA is also involved in siimilar research.

So the benefit of a new term would be for these people...when they write up their reports. That's all. It's not a big deal, and it's nothing to get so defensive about!
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