Where this term comes from in the material In this channel's material, spatial memory is the reason Alex Wieckowski (creator of Alex & Books) gives for preferring physical books over e-readers. He explains that studies suggest readers remember more of what they read in a physical book because they can recall where the passage physically sat — for example, that a chapter was on the left side of the page, about halfway through the book [^video-31831469]. Why the format matters to the argument The contrast he draws is that on a Kindle, every book “has the same flavor,” while a physical book offers its own experience — a feel, a cover, and a place on the shelf. That physical anchoring is what spatial memory feeds on, and it pairs in his argument with the “Lindy” point that books have survived thousands of years and are likely to stick around [^video-31831469]. - Spatial memory here means remembering where in a physical book a passage was located — side of the page, position in the book.- The channel uses it as the concrete evidence-based reason physical books may support better recall than e-readers.- On e-readers, every book “has the same flavor,” so that spatial anchoring is lost.