Awareness of the existence of emotional contagion may prove useful in understanding and perhaps advancing various areas of interpersonal communication. People’s own emotions were more influenced by the others’ nonverbal clues as to what they were really feeling.
Continue ReadingReversing the Picture Superiority Effect
Imaginal coding typically enhances retention. Pictures are remembered better than words; words for which subjects imagine referents are better remembered than words studied without such coding; concrete words are better retained than abstract words; and mnemonic devices employing imagery can produce dramatic effects on retention.
Continue ReadingThe facilitative effects of imagery instructions on immediate and long term free recall and clustering
The effects of imagery on immediate and long term recall and organization (clustering) were studies with regard to hight and low imagery concrete stimulus. It was concluded that imagery is an important factor in free recall and organization nad functions analogously to verbal process.
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