What does reading on screens do to our brains? | BBC Ideas

We’re reading more than ever before – but much of it is on screens rather than physical books. Is it changing the way our brains work? Reading books has so many physical, emotional and economic benefits - here's why how we read might be more important than what or how much we read.

Video by Daniel Nils Roberts.

Made in partnership with the Open University.

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