Storybooks On Paper Better For Children Than Reading Fiction On Computer Screen

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081219073049.htm

ScienceDaily (Dec. 22, 2008) — Clicking and scrolling interrupt our attentional focus. Turning and touching the pages instead of clicking on the screen influence our ability for experience and attention. The physical manipulations we have to do with a computer, not related to the reading itself, disturb our mental appreciation, says associate professor Anne Mangen at the Center for Reading Research at the University of Stavanger in Norway. She has investigated the pros and cons of new reading devices.