Cognitive map or medium materiality? Reading on paper and screen

作者:

Highlights:

• We tested the difference between reading on an electronic screen versus paper.

• Our findings supported the cognitive map mechanism.

• Our findings failed to show evidence for the medium materiality mechanism.

• Readers' ability to construct a cognitive map of text affected reading outcomes.

摘要

•We tested the difference between reading on an electronic screen versus paper.•Our findings supported the cognitive map mechanism.•Our findings failed to show evidence for the medium materiality mechanism.•Readers' ability to construct a cognitive map of text affected reading outcomes.

论文关键词:Cognitive map,Medium materiality,Comprehension,Fatigue,Immersion

论文评审过程:Received 21 August 2016, Revised 16 October 2016, Accepted 17 October 2016, Available online 29 October 2016, Version of Record 29 October 2016.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.10.014