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Direct linkSarigiannidis, Ioannis; Kirk, Peter A.; Roiser, Jonathan P.; Robinson, Oliver J. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2020
Anxiety alters how we perceive the world and can alter aspects of cognitive performance. Prominent theories of anxiety suggest that the effect of anxiety on cognition is due to anxious thoughts "overloading" limited cognitive resources, competing with other processes. If this is so, then a cognitive load manipulation should impact…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Time Perspective
Download full textStoesz, Brenda M.; Niknam, Mehdi; Sutton, Jessica – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2020
Research has demonstrated that students' learning outcomes and motivation to learn are influenced by the visual design of learning technologies (e.g., learning management systems or LMS). One aspect of LMS design that has not been thoroughly investigated is visual complexity. In two experiments, postsecondary students rated the visual complexity…
Descriptors: Integrated Learning Systems, Educational Technology, Visual Aids, Difficulty Level
