Physiological and hygienic assessment of perception of the information from electronic device for reading (reader)
Kuchma, V.R.; Teksheva, L.M.; Vyatleva, O.A.; Kurgansky, A.M.
Gigiena i Sanitariia 2013(1): 22-26
2013
ISSN/ISBN: 0016-9900 PMID: 23805687 Document Number: 664931
A comparison of the legibility of the three different media: paper personal computer (LCD) and the e-reader in schoolchildren (12-14 years of age) was performed. Comprehensive assessment of the reading performance (speed of reading aloud, the number of errors in reading, and integral indicator of the degree of difficulty of visual task), its physiological value (according to data of EEG, EOG and ECG), and subjective preference of type of media by the schoolchildren showed that by the sum of signs e-reader occupies an intermediate position between printed text and the computer screen. The effect of increased emotional intensity of using e-reader (increased motivation), which is manifested in the preservation of the sympathetic nervous system activation after the reading, was obtained. The necessity of additional research has been shown.