Mental Representations of Maps and Verbal Descriptions: Evidence They May Affect Text Memory Differently.

Stock, William A.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ511091

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Publication Date: 1995

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Mental Representations of Maps and Verbal Descriptions: Evidence They May Affect Text Memory Differently.

Stock, William A.; And Others

Contemporary Educational Psychology, v20 n3 p237-56 Jul 1995

Two studies involving 177 undergraduates examined the effects that mental representations derived from maps and verbal descriptions have on the recall of facts from a text. Findings suggest that there may be fundamental differences between visual and verbal representations of the same space. (SLD)

Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, Higher Education, Maps, Memory, Recall (Psychology), Undergraduate Students, Verbal Communication, Visual Stimuli

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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