This research project is aimed at scientifically determining the differences in human brain experience when reading "traditional," (paper) codex book vs the same content on screen, on both mobile, native format devices, and larger screen Web-based media. The tests will look for and document any change (or lack thereof) in the brain wave activity of the occipital and parietal lobes specifically.
Recruitment for participants will begin in the near future. Please contact Greg O'Toole if you are interested in this project from either a participatory or research perspective. The study has been made possible by an inkind grant from the HEF Human Electrophysiology Facility at Penn State.
The HEF is part of the Social, Life, Engineering Sciences Imaging Center at The Pennsylvania State University, funded by the Social Science Research Institute and the Huck Institute for the Life Sciences. imaging.psu.edu.
The Penn State University Institutional Review Board (IRB) has approved the above referenced study #38659 Title: "Neuro Response to Comparative Media Reading" Principal Investigator: Gregory T O'Toole.
