Your personal feelings about that topic
Your personal feelings about a topic can affect how you absorb information. If you are not interested in the topic, you are less likely to be open to the information and retaining it. If the topic is something that interests you, you are more likely to take in the information, retain it, and complete further research on the topic. The number of pages the information contains does not usually affect how the information is absorbed, but it may affect how you approach the text. The time of day you read the text does not affect how you absorb the information.
