Effects of presentation speed of a dynamic visualization on the understanding of a mechanical system

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1126-1141

  Fischer, Sebastian ^a   Lowe, Richard K ^b   Schwan, Stephan ^a  

^a KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 60849116455     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1426     Document Type: Article

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