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Why paper books may stick with you better than screens

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Kindle lovers, prepare to be completely humbled. Tactile feedback—the physical weight of the book and the geographic location of the words on a page—creates complex spatial memory maps in your brain. When you read on a flat, lifeless screen, your brain processes it as transient digital garbage, drastically reducing your long-term reading retention.

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