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Reading on smartphone affects sigh generation, brain activity, and comprehension

2 pointsby caaqilover 3 years ago

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themodelplumberover 3 years ago
Interesting article, thanks for sharing.<p>Here&#x27;s when reading on the phone works really well for me FWIW:<p>- Reading something I&#x27;ve already read or skimmed before, in order to go to sleep.<p>I don&#x27;t tend to get distracted with this, because I know from experience that switching to other contexts will reduce my chance of getting to sleep. Plus I have a nice long list of books I enjoy ready to go.<p>This factor--not switching contexts--and the &quot;already read before &#x2F; stay away from new stuff&quot; factor also help to lower the unwanted effects I can get with dopaminergic inputs: Reading news, reading new books, shopping online, posting on social media.<p>I find that this phone reading method works really well for reinforcement learning, especially with things like mechanistic systems study. It has been on my favorite activity list for something like 3 years now. I tend to skim early and come back to solidify what I&#x27;ve learned later.<p>So: I will continue to read on my phone--sometimes, and in specific ways. Just my subjective 2c.