Investigating the Role and Nature of Prior Knowledge in Conceptual Change: an fNIRS Study

We used functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) and a split ratio paradigm used to investigate the role and nature of prior knowledge in conceptual change in science. Sixteen participants, eight physicists and eight non-physicists were presented with two types of videos, Newtonian (two balls o...

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Main Author: Naimi, Anthony
Other Authors: Dunbar, Kevin
Language:en_ca
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/25872