Read A Physical Book When You Really Need To Remember Something

Ereaders are a handy way to carry a library around with you at all times, but an article in Time magazine suggest that ebooks might not hold the spatial cues that help you remember the text you read. The reasoning is that a physical book provides location context to what you read.

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You have a two-page spread, a graphic or a visual difference between the pages. All these factors help you remember the text more easily. When you try to recall that information later, it’s easier when you have a physical reference point to compare the memory to. Time explains:



Do E-Books Make it Harder to Remember What You Just Read? [Time]
