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I too used to be able to recall information visually - if I couldn't remember an answer, I could ask where on the page it was, and I would be able to recall. I'm 54 now, and I can no longer do that, but probably because I no longer do that. I still read technical things on paper, with a highlighter and pencil to take notes. I could probably still recall that, if I needed to, but I haven't needed to for so long . . . But I read different kinds of books on my kindle. I have, since I was a little child, used different parts of my brain for information I had to retain, and information I did not have to retain. As I have gotten older, the information I do not have to retain pretty much gets dumped immediately. I have to look in Calibre to avoid buying a book a second time, even though I bought and read the first within the last year (exceptions for BIG books, like Stephen King). I agree with the article - if you do want to skim something, an ereader is much easier. For example, I hate most detailed discriptions of nature (I grew up on a farm, what can I say?). When the protaganist is looking at blue skis or an azur sunset, I can skip, and look for the next set of quotation marks.
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