Interactions among the imagination, expertise reversal, and element interactivity effects

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 266-276

  Leahy, Wayne ^a   Sweller, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive load theory; Element interactivity effect; Expertise reversal effect; Imagination effect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MEMORY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

COGNITION; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MEMORY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 30644472618     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.11.4.266     Document Type: Article

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