Do you understand and remember more after reading from a page than reading from a screen? As Ferris Jabr reports for Scientific American, the book itself binds your understanding.
Reading is "topographic"
As you read something, you structure out its content in your mind, Jabr says; you're making a map of the meaning of the text. This process is tied to the physical object that you're interacting with: just as you mentally map a trail as you ascend a mountain, your brain plots the line-by-line journey your eyes walk through a book.
To read the original article: You Won't Remember This Article, Or Anything Else You Read Online, Unless You Print It Out | Fast Company | Business + Innovation
