Incidental Learning of Links during Navigation: The Role of Visuo-Spatial Capacity

Autor/inn/en	Rouet, Jean-Francois; Voros, Zsofia; Pleh, Csaba
Titel	Incidental Learning of Links during Navigation: The Role of Visuo-Spatial Capacity
Quelle	In: Behaviour & Information Technology, 31 (2012) 1, S.71-81 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0144-929X
DOI	10.1080/0144929X.2011.604103
Schlagwörter	Semantics; Incidental Learning; Hypermedia; Short Term Memory; Investigations; Universities; Undergraduate Students; Spatial Ability; Recall (Psychology); Reader Text Relationship; Information Technology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Semantik; Inzidentelles Lernen; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Untersuchung; University; Universität; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Abberufung; Informationstechnologie
Abstract	We investigated the impact of readers' visuo-spatial (VS) capacity on their incidental learning of page links during the exploration of simple hierarchical hypertextual documents. Forty-three university students were asked to explore a series of hypertexts for a limited period of time. Then the participants were asked to recall the layout and the contents of the pages. We found that low VS capacity readers had more difficulty recalling the links located at a deeper level in the page hierarchy. A content map included in half the trials had a limited effect on recall accuracy. We conclude that reading networked digital documents taps VS working memory, possibly due to readers' attempts to construct a topological representation of the network that coexists with the semantic representation of the contents. (Contains 4 figures and 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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