Juhasz on Better Understanding How We Read

David PesciJuly 26, 20111min
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A piece in The Boston Globe examines how technology is helping scientists better understand how we read, in part to understand ways to make the process more effective and efficient in coming years. In the piece, Barbara Juhasz, assistant professor of psychology, assistant professor of neuroscience and behavior, discussed her research on how much information we can process from words during reading.