Is there any recent research on whether reading audiobooks versus printed books activates different comprehension centers in the brain for college students
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Is there any recent research on whether reading audiobooks versus printed books activates different comprehension centers in the brain for college students
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2024 2025 2026 neuroimaging study audiobook listening versus printed reading brain comprehension college students fMRIGoogle ↗
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audiobook versus print reading brain activation fMRI language network comprehension study adultsGoogle ↗
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reading listening comprehension neural overlap brain activation meta-analysis auditory written language fMRIGoogle ↗
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2024 2025 2026 neuroimaging study audiobook listening versus printed reading brain comprehension college students fMRI Google ↗
audiobook versus print reading brain activation fMRI language network comprehension study adults Google ↗
reading listening comprehension neural overlap brain activation meta-analysis auditory written language fMRI Google ↗
- Read the 2024 study · doi.org
- Read the study on PubMed · pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Find the 2026 study · doi.org
- Text comprehension across print and audio: a person-centered mixed methods study of learner profiles · sciencedirect.com
- Read the review · doi.org
- ERIC - EJ1334752 - Audiobooks, Print, and Comprehension: What We Know and What We Need to Know, Educational Psychology Review, 2022-Jun · eric.ed.gov
- Audiobooks, Print, and Comprehension: What We Know and What We Need to Know | Educational Psychology Review · doi.org
- Read the 2025 study · doi.org
- Listening, Reading, or Both? Rethinking the Comprehension Benefits of Reading‐While‐Listening - Hui - 2026 - Language Learning · onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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2024 2025 2026 neuroimaging study audiobook listening versus printed reading brain comprehension college students fMRI OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
audiobook versus print reading brain activation fMRI language network comprehension study adults OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
reading listening comprehension neural overlap brain activation meta-analysis auditory written language fMRI OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 |