The segmented presentation of visually structured texts: Effects on text comprehension

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 888-902

  Lemarié, Julie ^a   Eyrolle, Hélène ^a   Cellier, Jean Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ TOULOUSE JEAN JAURÈS   (France)

Author keywords

Segmented presentation; Small screen devices; Text comprehension; Text visual structure

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; DATA VISUALIZATION; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING; STUDENTS;

COHERENT TEXT REPRESENTATION.; SEGMENTED PRESENTATION; SMALL SCREEN DEVICES; TEXT COMPREHENSIONS; TEXT VISUAL STRUCTURES;

TEXT PROCESSING;

EID: 39749141082     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2007.02.016     Document Type: Article

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