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IF YOU CAN READ THIS, YOU WON’T REMEMBER IT FIVE MINUTES FROM NOW
ITEM: Yr Non-intuitive Science headline of the day is:
Rather than making things clearer, e-readers and computers prevent us from absorbing information because their crisp screens and fonts tell our subconscious that the words they convey are not important [says neuroscience blogger Jonah Lehrer].
A study funded by Princeton University, published in the Cognition journal, found that people are better at retaining information written in a less fluent font.
Don’t ask me if this is scientifically accurate or not. I’ve read plenty of dead-tree books that were completely forgettable.
At least I assume so. I don’t really recall.
(See what I did there?)
Unforgettable,
This is ... um ... wait, it’ll come to me ...
Rather than making things clearer, e-readers and computers prevent us from absorbing information because their crisp screens and fonts tell our subconscious that the words they convey are not important [says neuroscience blogger Jonah Lehrer].
A study funded by Princeton University, published in the Cognition journal, found that people are better at retaining information written in a less fluent font.
Don’t ask me if this is scientifically accurate or not. I’ve read plenty of dead-tree books that were completely forgettable.
At least I assume so. I don’t really recall.
(See what I did there?)
Unforgettable,
This is ... um ... wait, it’ll come to me ...