Working memory and the design of health materials: A cognitive factors perspective

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 318-322

  Wilson, Elizabeth A H ^a,b   Wolf, Michael S ^a,c  

^a Institute for Healthcare Studies   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Health literacy; Human factors; Patient education; Working memory

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; MEMORY; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SELECTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL; RESEARCH; TEACHING MATERIALS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 60049093302     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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