Age Differences in Learning from Instructional Animations

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 524-535

  Boucheix, Jean Michel ^a   Lowe, Richard K ^b   Bugaiska, Aurélia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION TEST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TEACHING; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947495822     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.3131     Document Type: Article

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