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Mapping the human screenome: Our vast digital lives

Mapping the human screenome: Our vast digital lives

2025-07-15 4:11 PM

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Mapping the human screenome: Our vast digital lives

In this episode of School’s In, Professor Nilam Ram discusses the Human Screenome Project, a research study that explores cell phone usage and what it says about the way we process information.

Excerpt from School’s In Page, by Olivia Peterkin.

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