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Do you really need to read to learn? What neuroscience says about reading versus listening

  • Written by Stephanie N. Del Tufo, Assistant Professor of Education & Human Development, University of Delaware
imageReading and listening are two different brain functions. Do we need to do both?Goads Agency/E+ via Getty Images

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