NPR's Life Kit team offers tips for how to read deeply in an age when we are constantly distracted. Ever sit down to read a book, get half a page in, and realize nothing has sunk in? Or maybe you even ...

In a recent post, I wrote about wanting to read more and some of the psychology behind facilitating this goal. Some positive feedback on the piece was accompanied by a link to an article in the ...

Reading is a chore. Typically, it reminds us of long nights spent speed-reading some boring research article for a random lecture, or takes us back to high school English classes ridden with ...

Reading without a purpose leads to lesser comprehension and long-term memory. Many students who read this way find it difficult to participate in class discussions and do as well on their exams as ...

It’s never too early to start reading at home with young children. Here’s how parents can be part of their child’s journey of reading and language development. Young children whose parents read five ...

Ever sit down to read a book, get half a page in, and realize nothing has sunk in? Or maybe you even finished a book and later thought, I don't really remember anything about it. Under the best of ...