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Originally Posted by danbloom
I can try. I feel that if there was a new word or term for e-reading or screen-reading, then scholars and neuroscientists studying these issues could get a better handle on what and how they report their findings. The new word is not for the general public. We don't need a new word for reading on screens, you are right and I agree. I feel there is a need to differentiate the two kinds of reading -- paper vs screen -- only for scholars and researchers studying the differences. That's all.
NOW what do you think?
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I think there is not a whit of difference between the two. You are absorbing the written word.
But thats just me, I have no scientific background to base that on. Just a lifetime of reading books, and 1 1/2 yrs of reading on an e-ink screen.