The impact of intrinsic cognitive load on the effectiveness of graphical help for coherence formation

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1055-1071

  Seufert, Tina ^a   Jänen, Inge ^a   Brünken, Roland ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive load; Expertise; Help for coherence formation; Multiple representations; Task complexity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LEARNING SYSTEMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

COGNITIVE LOADS; COHERENCE FORMATION; HYPERLINKS; MULTIPLE REPRESENTATIONS; TASK COMPLEXITY;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 33846059336     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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