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Green, Marybeth; Conkey, April; Challoo, Linda – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2015
Educating the public about wildlife and conservation has long been a core component of many zoos' mission statements (Patrick, Matthews, Ayers, & Tunnicliffe, 2007). However, research has demonstrated that most patrons visit zoos to be entertained and to socialize rather than to be educated. Thus, greater emphasis is now placed on encouraging…
Descriptors: Wildlife, Recreational Facilities, Conservation (Environment), Exhibits
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Sibuma, Bernadette – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2012
This study integrates agent research with a neurocognitive technique to study how character faces affect cognitive processing. The N170 event-related potential (ERP) was used to study face processing during simple decision-making tasks. Twenty-five adults responded to facial expressions (fear/neutral) presented in three designs…
Descriptors: Adults, Human Body, Recognition (Psychology), Visual Discrimination