Science Nation: Smartphone Beats Paper for Some With Dyslexia

Person holding a smartphone displaying "Galaxy Cluster - The universe is filled with galaxies. 2 billion light years". Caption: It was easier to read than a paper or a book.

Matthew Schneps is a researcher at Harvard University with a doctorate in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He also happens to have dyslexia, so reading has always been a challenge for him. That is, until he got a smartphone. Schneps soon found that for him, a smartphone was easier to read than a paper or a book. But, was it just him? Or, had he stumbled onto something that could help others with dyslexia? Part of the National Science Foundation Series “Science Nation.”

(Source: DCMP)

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  • Science Nation: Smartphone Beats Paper for Some With Dyslexia

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