Brain regions engaged (IMAGE)

University of Tokyo

Brain regions engaged

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Brain scans revealed differences in how readers processed manga stories depending on whether they first read on paper or on a tablet. Row (a) shows activity during story-related questions, row (b) during manga reading later inside the scanner, and row (c) highlights regions involved more strongly in the active comprehension task of answering the questions. Participants who first read on paper showed reduced activity in key frontal language regions. ©2026 Sakai et al. CC-BY-ND

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