Are pictures good for learning new vocabulary in a foreign language? only if you think they are not

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 92-101

  Carpenter, Shana K ^a   Olson, Kellie M ^a  

^a Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign language vocabulary; Overconfidence; Picture superiority effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MULTILINGUALISM; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855257649     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024828     Document Type: Article

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