In user-tablet computer interactions the app directs the user’s attention and cognitive activity towards information visually presented on the screen. In investigating tablet computers and the relationship between touching these devices and cognitive load, the contribution of visual information must be considered as it communicates the gestural responses required from the user. This sensory interplay between touching and seeing was also noted by communications theorist McLuhan (2005) when he draws from sculptor Adolf Hildebrand’s insistence in 1893 that “true vision must be much imbued with tangibility.” (p. 43). In addition, keeping with evidence from neuroscience on the interconnectedness of sensory areas of the brain (Sacks, 2005) it is useful to focus attention on what the user looks at when using tablet computers to learn.