Scientists suggest read paper books

Norwegian researchers claim that reading from electronic media, a person is more difficult to understand and remember the plot works.

Scientists from the University of Stavanger gave 50 readers a 28-page story by Elizabeth George. Half had a Kindle for reading and the rest of the book in paperback. Participants are then asked to recall aspects of the story including objects, characters, environment.

The study showed that if factors such as empathy to the heroes, a dive into the history and understanding of the reader of the narrative were relatively similar, Kindle readers were "significantly worse" when asked to convey the events of the story in the correct order.

Author observations Anne Mangen: "When you read on paper you can sense with your fingers a bunch of pages on the left growing, and shrinking on the right". Also Mangen, based on the results of another experiment, suggests that Norwegian teenagers have a better understanding of the text to the paper, not on digital devices.

Previously, scientists at Princeton have found that writing by hand is much more effective than typing on a laptop.

Source: nauka24news.ru/