What do the studies mentioned in the passage show?
Anxiety about reading on screens is often put as a question of whether it is worse than reading on paper. Studies are mixed. Some find readers understand slightly less on screens, particularly when they skim; others find no difference. The comparison may be less important than the habit. People read differently on devices that bring alerts, links and temptations to wander, and this is a matter of the setting more than of the screen itself. A reader who switches off notifications and reads a long text without interruption may gain as much from a tablet as from a paperback. Conversely, a reader who skims a printed page absent-mindedly gains little. Our worry should be about attention, rather than about paper.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Mixed results, with some finding slightly less understanding on screens and others no difference
- Step 1: The passage says studies are mixed.
- Step 2: The only choice consistent with this is "Mixed results, with some finding slightly less understanding on screens and others no difference".
Answer
Mixed results, with some finding slightly less understanding on screens and others no difference.
Why not the others: The studies are mixed, so they do not show that screens always improve understanding, that paper always does, that nobody reads on screens or that skimming is better.
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