Extracting information from an animation during complex visual learning

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 225-244

  Lowe, Richard K ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animation; Causality; Mental models; Perception; Visual learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033238924     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03172967     Document Type: Article

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