Neuroimaging of cognitive load in instructional multimedia

Educational Research Review

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Whelan, Robert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Cognitive load; fMRI; Multimedia learning; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247330991     PISSN: 1747938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.edurev.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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