Re:Why digital natives prefer reading in print
by anigbrowl on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @01:33PM
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eReaders have so many advantages aside from just space. I never lose my place, even when reading 5 books at once.
That one is really a mixed blessing. I also frequently have several books on the go at once, and have no difficulty in finding my place when I switch between them, even with long intervals. I enjoy a very good memory - but I think this is partly because of having to remember that information prior to the availability of digital text. I never liked using bookmarks and preferred remembering page numbers, and would often recall obscure details or sources by thinking back to where I was when I read them or some information about the book's physical context.
Some people see this as overhead; I see it as exercise that helps me stay mentally fit. It's important to me to be able to maintain a deep mental stack that can operate on conceptual, semantic, and associative levels as well as purely textual ones - searching for text is an extremely one-dimensional affair by comparison.
That one is really a mixed blessing. I also frequently have several books on the go at once, and have no difficulty in finding my place when I switch between them, even with long intervals. I enjoy a very good memory - but I think this is partly because of having to remember that information prior to the availability of digital text. I never liked using bookmarks and preferred remembering page numbers, and would often recall obscure details or sources by thinking back to where I was when I read them or some information about the book's physical context.
Some people see this as overhead; I see it as exercise that helps me stay mentally fit. It's important to me to be able to maintain a deep mental stack that can operate on conceptual, semantic, and associative levels as well as purely textual ones - searching for text is an extremely one-dimensional affair by comparison.