NY Times: Printed Page Beats PC Screen For Reading, Study Finds.

[Gerry Mckiernan]

              _Printed Page Beats PC Screen For Reading, Study Finds_
 Here's some additional information about the study of reading on the screen that appeared in the NY Times last week 
[ http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/08/circuits/articles/10thin.html ]
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and the participants:

[ http://www.acs.ohio-state.edu/units/research/archive/comptext.htm ]
 
 The research was presented at this year's meeting of the American Psychological Association in DC.

   The full-text of the presentation

       Murphy, P. K., Long, J., Holleran, T., & Esterly, E. (2000, August). Persuasion online or on paper: A new take on an old issue. In C. S. Sperl (Chair), Changing Knowledge and changing beliefs: An examination of academic development, epistemology, and persuasion. 

 is available at:

http://www.coe.ohio-state.edu/pkmurphy/Research/Presentations/Traditional%20versus%20computerized%20texts.doc

/Gerry McKiernan
Science and Technology Librarian and Bibliographer
Iowa State University Library
Ames IA 50011