Trust Me Bro: the receipt

trustme.bro/r/…

✓ checked

trust me, bro:

here is the receipt.

the claim

Reading from digital screens is cognitively more difficult than reading from paper

the verdict

SUPPORTED

the evidence backs this

confidence 90/100

Multiple empirical studies and meta-analyses indicate that reading from digital screens is associated with lower reading comprehension and higher cognitive difficulty compared to reading from traditional paper.

Evidence for · 2

A Comparison of Children’s Reading on Paper Versus Screen: A Meta-Analysis

2021 · cited by 213

A meta-analysis comparing children's reading on paper versus screens found lower comprehension scores for digital books.

citation format

See more details

More for · 1

The Effect of Paper Reading Versus Screen Reading on the Inferential Reading Performance among University ESL Learners

2024 · cited by 3

A study among university ESL learners demonstrated that participants performed significantly higher in paper-based reading tests compared to screen-based tests.

The paper trail · every fact has a biography

first checked01 Aug 2026

judged → SUPPORTED · 9001 Aug 2026

More receipts

Is it true that Minimum wage increases create spillover effects on higher levels of pay?Is it true that The Sonnenschein-Mantel-Debreu results severely limit macroeconomic foundations?Is it true that Fair voting procedures exist for multi-issue decision making?

Random receipt →The Trust Wiki →

This receipt carries no identity, shared or not. Sharing publishes your connection to it, not your data.

Check your own claim

Challenge the receipt

I have a source that contradicts this verdict I have a source that supports it No source: the research is thin, dig deeper

trust me, bro: win the argument, pass the class, survive peer review.

This receipt is an automated verdict against our published method · not an opinion about any author or publication.
Terms · Privacy · How verdicts work · Dispute this receipt