Print books remain the most popular format for reading, with 65% of adults saying that they have read a print book in the past year. While shares of print book readers and audiobook listeners remain ...

A majority of e-book readers say they read e-books on an e-reader or tablet, and fewer do any e-book reading on a desktop or laptop computer. About a third (32%) of e-book readers still say they ...

There are benefits to shared reading long after children can read to themselves, so how long should you read to your children?

Their research incorporated computer-aided techniques, such as network analysis and sentiment analysis, in order to detect patterns in reading behavior within the millions of datasets.

Two differences emerged. First, more repetition was required with computer reading to impart the same information. Second, the book readers seemed to digest the material more fully.

Neuroscientists have found reading computer code does not rely on the regions of the brain involved in language processing. Instead, it activates the 'multiple demand network,' which is also ...

Reading a book is sometimes better for memory and reading comprehension than listening to an audiobook—but not always.

A new study published in Developmental Science has found that preschool children’s brain activity differs when they are read to from a book compared to when they view and listen to stories on a screen ...

The evidence is largely anecdotal, and the research is inconclusive, but many professors say reading online clearly hampers students’ ability to take in what they study.

When did you last read a book? Much research has examined the impact of book-reading on mental health—with surprising conclusions.

Still, the research on 3rd grade retention shows that effects tend to fade out over time, often tapering off when students are in middle school, she said.