Science, Tech & Environment

PRI audio player

The Takeaway

September 18, 2014 · 4:15 AM EDT

Editor T.J. Raphael

Player utilities

download

Listen to the full interview.

RTR2KOTX.jpg

A commuter reads on a Kindle e-reader while riding the subway in Cambridge, Mass. Neuroscience says the way his brain treats reading on the Kindle is different than the way the brain processes the newspaper next to him.

A commuter reads on a Kindle e-reader while riding the subway in Cambridge, Mass. Neuroscience says the way his brain treats reading on the Kindle is different than the way the brain processes the newspaper next to him.

Credit:

Brian Snyder/Reuters

In Science, Tech & EnvironmentTechnology.

Tagged: Mike RosenwaldMaryanne WolfManoush ZomorodiKindlee-booksbookse-readerstechnology.