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Originally Posted by Catlady
I agree. My brain got used to a certain way of reading growing up and in all the years since, and it hasn't adjusted after only a handful of years with an e-reader. I expect that kids nowadays growing up with e-books will be different in how their brains learn to remember.
I very much recall by location on a page, approximate number of pages into the book, etc. I don't get that on a screen; it just all runs together.
Another issue may be that we now have so many crutches to use that we don't need to develop memory as much.
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Actually we started that process about 564 yrs ago. Before the invention of Gutenberg's press & his easily reproducible type we had to depend upon our memories to get us through the day (i.e. 30 days hath Sept. etc.) and wandering minstrels would spread news via rhyming songs. Of course there are some benefits to doing it the way we do now too. I don't think I'd want my Dr. to depend upon memory tricks if he had to operate on me.