Linking attentional processes and conceptual problem solving: Visual cues facilitate the automaticity of extracting relevant information from diagrams

Linking attentional processes and conceptual problem solving: Visual cues facilitate the automaticity of extracting relevant information from diagrams

This study investigated links between lower-level visual attention processes and higher-level problem solving. This was done by overlaying visual cues on conceptual physics problem diagrams to direct participants’ attention to relevant areas to facilitate problem solving. Participants (N = 80) indiv...

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Main Authors: Amy eRouinfar, Elise eAgra, Adam M Larson, N. Sanjay eRebello, Lester C Loschky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Problem Solving
automaticity
visual cognition
physics education
overt visual attention
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01094/full

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