The effect of font size on the retention of text information presented on computer display and on paper

Psychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-100

  Motoki, Yoshiko ^a,b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DOKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computer display; Computer based learning; Font size; Reading retention; Visual display terminals

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751330911     PISSN: 00332852     EISSN: 13475916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2117/psysoc.2006.89     Document Type: Article

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