Share Paper: Comparison of Electronic Books and Paper Books in Human Short-Term Memory

  1. Hiroo Hirose, Tokyo University of Science, Suwa, Japan
  2. Takeshi Ozaki, Tokyo University of Science, Suwa, Japan
  3. Takeshi Tsuchiya, Tokyo University of Science, Suwa, Japan
  4. Tadashi Miyosawa, Tokyo University of Science, Suwa, Japan
  5. Yoshito Yamamoto, Tokyo University of Science, Japan
  6. Hiroshi Ichikawa, Otsuma Women’s University, Japan, Japan
  7. Tetsuyasu Yamada, NTT Software Coproration, Japan
Wednesday, June 25 3:00 PM-5:00 PM B3108

Abstract: A project to supply digital textbooks to all elementary and junior high school students is being advanced in Japan. However, there are a few people who are unfamiliar with electronic books and are fond of paper books. The purpose of this study is to compare the usability of electronic books with paper books in human short-term memory. In this comparative experiment between electronic books and paper books, we used the book consisting of almost all texts and the book expounding “economics” with figures and tables on colored pages. After conducting this experiment with university students selected as the subjects, we ...