Do we remember less well when we read from computer screens?

From Maia Slalavitz:

E-books, however, provide fewer spatial landmarks than print, especially pared-down versions like the early Kindles, which simply scroll through text and don't even show page numbers, just the percentage already read. In a sense, the page is infinite and limitless, which can be dizzying. Printed books on the other hand, give us a physical reference point, and part of our recall includes how far along in the book we are, something that's more challenging to assess on an e-book.

Jakob Nielsen, a Web "usability" expert and principal of the Nielsen Norman Group, believes e-reading does lead to a different type of recall. "I really do think we remember less" from e-books, he says. "This is not something I have formally measured, but just based on both studies we've done looking at reading behavior on tablets and books and reading from regular computers."

He says that studies show that smaller screens also make material less memorable. "The bigger the screen, the more people can remember and the smaller, the less they can remember," he says. "The most dramatic example is reading from mobile phones. [You] lose almost all context."

I liked this sentence from the piece:

"We bombarded poor psychology students with economics that they didn't know," she says.

I would consider these results "speculative," but the questions are nonetheless interesting to ponder.  The full article is here.