September 8, 2006
Daydreaming and Comprehension; Childcare by the Numbers; Food Portions and Consumption
An occasional look at research results that didn't surprise us
How not to read: Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of British Columbia have discovered that daydreaming while reading can lead to poor comprehension. The study, which received nearly $700,000 from the U.S. Education Department, according to news reports, asked college students to read five chapters of War and Peace on a computer and to report whether they were "zoning out." The readers who zoned
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