The imagination effect increases with an increased intrinsic cognitive load

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 273-283

  Leahy, Wayne ^a   Sweller, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGINATION; LEARNING STYLE; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL LOAD; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TEACHING; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 41449109982     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1373     Document Type: Article

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