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Avoid Back-Lit Reading before Bed

Avoid Back-Lit Reading before Bed

Update: 2014-12-23
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Volunteers who read from an iPad before bed took longer to fall asleep and had less restful nights than when they read from a printed book. Dina Fine Maron reports.


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Avoid Back-Lit Reading before Bed

Avoid Back-Lit Reading before Bed

Scientific American