Examining competing hypotheses for the effects of diagrams on recall for text

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 70-84

  Ortegren, Francesca R ^a   Serra, Michael J ^a   England, Benjamin D ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagrams; Dual coding; Recall; Repetition effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; AUDIOVISUAL AID; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; READING; RECALL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; READING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939892870     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-014-0429-7     Document Type: Article

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