
What does switching from paper to screens mean for how we read?
It’s well established that we absorb less well when reading on screen. But why? And can we do something to improve it?
by Lili Yu, Sixin Liao, Jan-Louis Kruger & Erik D Reichle
Sixin Liao is a post-doctoral researcher in linguistics at Macquarie University in Sydney. Her research uses eye tracking to study multimodal reading, such as reading subtitles in videos. Her current projects also explore the use of subtitles as a reading intervention for literacy development.