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"The Reading Brain in a Digital World"

"The Reading Brain in a Digital World"

  • Date: February 6th, 2020
  • Location: Boyer 131
  • Time: 4:15pm - 5:15pm
  • Cost: open to all and free

Do you ever worry that the constant screen time we all experience every day is having a negative impact on your mental health and cognitive function?

Come hear a panel of four Messiah faculty and staff discuss the recent book
Reader, Come Home by Tufts University professor Maryanne Wolf,
which argues that our exposure to screens today is rewiring our brains in a way that
is as transformative as was the development of print culture in ancient times.  
You’ll hear Wolf’s argument summarized and then appraised by a professor of
communications specializing in digital media, by an IT expert and former high school
English teacher, and by a psychologist specializing in learning and memory.

"The Reading Brain in a Digital World"