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Attention & reading
How screens change the way we read — and whether deep reading can be deliberately relearned. Studied mostly through self-experiments.
Student · independent research
I'm Sidu.
I'm a student researcher. I write about attention, history, and how stories shape what we believe — small investigations, carefully run and honestly reported.
Research notes
Findings
School papers
Essays
Updates.
- Jun 2026 Posted my first findings — a two-week experiment on reading without my phone.
- Jun 2026 Started collecting sources on whether handwriting helps memory more than typing.
- May 2026 Opened this notebook. The earliest notes are rough on purpose.
Research interests.
The questions I keep returning to. They shift as I learn — open lines of inquiry, not settled conclusions.
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History that isn't taught
What gets left out of the textbook, and why the omission is often the more interesting story.
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How stories shape belief
Why the framing of a thing — in books, film, and news — changes what we take to be true.
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Everyday questions
Ordinary "why is that?" moments, run down to a short, evidenced answer.
Recent writing.
Newest first. The full archive — research, findings, papers, and notes — lives on the writing page.