Re: Reading versus books on tape

[Anne Fennimore <afennimo@xxxxxxx>]

David,
Perhaps your poorer understanding of the audio books is due less to 
your retention and more to the fact that your attention was being 
compromised by your commute.  And, perhaps your ability to recite 
random passages is due to either a "review" of information already 
stored in your long-term memory or that you were stopped at a traffic 
light when you heard the particular information....

Anne Fennimore-Toropainen


David Anderson wrote:


>Another anecdotal tid-bit:  I listen to many books on tape while 
commuting,
>including history and/or scientific books.  I find my retention is a 
little
>poorer and that my understanding isn't as deep sometimes (a result of 
not
>being able to reread and ponder a passage).  However, I am much more 
likely
>to have portions memorized.  I have found that I am able to recite 
random
>selections after listening only a few times.
>
>David
>
>On 7/6/06, Toth Laszlo <tothl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx            *    when you stop 
trying"
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>>
>>
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