This is what emerges from a recent study of 50 people. The physical appearance of a paper book would facilitate the storage of its contents, unlike the Kindle e-readers.
The results of the study Anne Mangen, specialist the impact of digitization on the reading experience , are categorical; physical contact of a book is important in remembering the chronology and details of a story.
As we announced that Kindle would soon offer its subscription service, with a database more than 600,000 books, Anne Mangen conclusions tarnished somewhat advantages of the device, often put forward,
All participants were divided into two groups received the same story Elizabeth George, some on Kindle reading light, the other with the original book. Readers were then asked about various aspects of the book of 28 pages. Chronology, characters, objects, details or decor
The results showed that people with read the story on a Kindle reading light had more difficulty remembering the chronology of the plot, divided into 14 elements to reorder. Unlike reading on Kindle, participants ‘papers’ had no difficulty in answering this short survey.
How to explain this discrepancy between the two groups? For the research team, “ tactile dimension of a Kindle does not support the same way mental reconstruction of a story than a paperback printed .”
The simple contact between your fingers and the paper would be a key element in the process of storing, in the context of reading at least. For the researcher, “ when you read a classic book you can feel with your fingers the stack of pages that magnifies left and right decreases. Sensation of advancing the story is both visual and physical, which is why we get these results “
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Mathieu Menif The Guardian
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