Instructional animations can be superior to statics when learning human motor skills

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 339-347

  Wong, Anna ^a   Marcus, Nadine ^a   Ayres, Paul ^a   Smith, Lee ^b   Cooper, Graham A ^b   Paas, Fred ^c,d   Sweller, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive load theory; Human motor skills; Instructional animations; Mirror neuron system

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; MOTORS; PROGRAMMING THEORY;

COGNITIVE LOAD THEORY; HUMAN MOTOR SKILLS; HUMAN MOVEMENTS; INSTRUCTIONAL ANIMATIONS; MIRROR-NEURON SYSTEM; WORKING MEMORIES;

MIRRORS;

EID: 59049088980     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2008.12.012     Document Type: Article

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