Subject: Re: Reading versus books on tape From: "Scharine, Angelique (Civ,ARL/HRED)" <AScharine@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 08:14:10 -0400Since we're sharing anecdotal points of view on this, I'd argue that it depends on the type of material being "read", the learning style of the "reader" and the amount of attention given (a level of processing argument?) at any particular time. I can recall being totally engrossed in a book-on-tape during long drives and commutes and I also know that my mind wanders easily when I'm reading, so much so that I don't recall what I've read. However, there are plenty of things that I must see to understand and if it's difficult material, I definitely prefer the visual version. A. It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning. -Bill Watterson, comic strip artist (1958- ), in his comic strip Calvin & Hobbes Angelique Scharine PhD Army Research Lab - HRED AMSRD-ARL-HR-SD APG, MD 21005-5425 (410) 278-5957 (landline) 298-5957 (dsn) (410) 278-3587 (fax) -----Original Message----- From: AUDITORY Research in Auditory Perception [mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx On Behalf Of Toth Laszlo Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 8:04 AM To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Reading versus books on tape On Thu, 6 Jul 2006, tony stockman wrote: > anecdotally I believe for myself at any rate, as a blind person and > having used braille since primary school, braille reading is more > effective for learning than listening to tape. I think that quite many people (including me) performs a kind of visual learning. For example, I can recall even after years how a certain piece of information was positioned on the page of the book. Because of this, I can hardly imagine how I could learn anything by listening to a tape (I have never tried it, though). Sorry, this is only "anecdotal", but I hope somebody here can name some real study on this. Laszlo Toth Hungarian Academy of Sciences * Research Group on Artificial Intelligence * "Failure only begins e-mail: tothl@xxxxxxxx * when you stop trying" http://www.inf.u-szeged.hu/~tothl *