Presentation modality effects in studying passages. Are mental images always effective?

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 309-324

  De Beni, Rossana ^a   Moè, Angelica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; IMAGERY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WORKING MEMORY; WRITING;

EID: 8744307225     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.867     Document Type: Article

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