Books
Book "pages" are made of this material
What is wood pulp?
This group is more likely to know the book correctly in chronological order (Book readers or Kindle readers)
Who are Book readers?
The percent of kids in High School report having access to a smartphone
What is 95%?
The year the first iPhone was created
What is 2007?
FICTION or NONFICTION: Reading it boosts Empathy
What is Fiction?
A study was done where students read a narrative text, but half of them read it online, and the other read it on paper. This half of the students performed worse on a multiple-choice test about the narrative
Who are the students who read the narrative article online?
TRUE or FALSE: A student's vocabulary is "larger" if they read books.
What is TRUE?
Reading increases your life span by this amount
What is 20%?
INCREASE or DECREASE: The effect of loneliness and social isolation by reading fiction
What is decrease?
This action "recruits" multiple senses and parts of your brain that help grow mentally.
What is reading a physical copy of a book?
ONLINE READING or BOOK READING: This "impairs comprehension, particularly for longer, more complex texts...constant exposure... trains the brain to process information more rapidly and less thoroughly"
What is online reading?
This percent of eighth graders are reading at a level that is known as "below basic".
What is 33 percent of eighth graders?
Reading helps reduce stress by this much
TRUE or FALSE: A study done in 2023 shows that having 5 or more close friends gives teenagers a better brain structure, cognition, academic performance and mental health
What is TRUE?
This book format makes up 15-20% percent of all book sales
What are e-books?
What interferes with the "intuitive navigation of a text and inhibit people from mapping the journey in their minds"(Jabr 2013).
What is reading on a screen?
The average score on the ACT (a college admissions test) in 2024 (from a scale of 1-36, rounded)
What is 19.4?
This percent of children sleep near a screen, impairing sleep
What is 54 percent?
A survey consisting of 2,000 people (ages 18-34) said this amount of people were asked if reading helped them feel more connected to others during the pandemic.
What is 56%?
The longest book ever with 10,080 pages and 2,409 chapters
What is Shree Haricharitramrut Sagar by: Gyanjivandasji Swami?
This part of your brain is activated when you read from printed text rather than online text
What is the medial prefrontal cortex and cingulate cortex?
These TWO states IMPROVED on "America Is Sliding Toward Illiteracy" after being ranked in the bottom four
Who are Mississippi and Louisiana?
"Those who engage their brains by reading are [__] times less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than those who spend their downtime on less stimulating activities"(Wise 2025).
What is 2.5 times less likely?
This part of your brain is activated when reading fiction books/passages, an area of your brain associated with social and emotional behavior
What is the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex?