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Citing pre-1992 studies is questionable at best. Those were done with people reading very large print on televisions, and determined that they were slower.
If anything, people may remember less with e-texts simply because they expect the computer to remember things. Before writing became common, people could easily remember and recite exactly things they heard. Once writing became common, it was easier to let the paper do the remembering. Similarly, if I know where to go to find information, I don't have to remember the information. An easily-searchable etext gives me access to the information whenever I need it, without having to recall the information itself.
I'm certain there were naysayers when writing came about, and Gutenberg's press wasn't loved by all, as it removed the human element from texts. Different isn't always better, but neither is it always worse.
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