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Dr Vivienne Smith (reading and wellbeing)

Dr Vivienne Smith is a senior lecturer in the Department of Education at the University of Strathclyde

Video How reading can have a positive effect on mental wellbeing

Dr Vivienne Smith shares how reading impacts mental wellbeing by giving children a "breakout space" from the real world

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