Some physiological correlates of verbal learning task difficulty

The Physiological Correlates of Learning

Physiological workload reactions to increasing levels of task difficulty.

The sensitivity of physiological measures to mental workload was investigated in a flight simulator. Twelve pilots had to fly through a tunnel with varying levels of difficulty. Additionally, they had to perform a memory task with four levels of difficulty. The easiest memory task was combined with the easiest tunnel task and the most difficult memory task with the most difficult tunnel task. B...

Reducing Verbal Redundancy in Multimedia Learning: An Undesired Desirable Difficulty?

Previous research on the redundancy principle in multimedia learning has shown that although exact correspondence between on-screen text and narration generally impairs learning, brief labels within an animation can improve learning. To clarify and extend the theoretical and practical implications of these results, the authors of the present research examined the extent to which varying degrees...

Investigating EFL learners’ perception of narrative task difficulty

As this paper was a very close version of “Investigating task difficulty: learners’ and teachers’ perceptions” by Dr. Parvaneh Tavakoli (published in “International Journal of Applied Linguistics”, Vol. 19, No. 1) in terms of content, research design, analytic framework and research findings without appropriately referencing resources used or obtaining author's consent, the paper wa...

Neural correlates of task-related changes in physiological tremor.

Appropriate control of muscle contraction requires integration of command signals with sensory feedback. Sensorimotor integration is often studied under conditions in which muscle force is controlled with visual feedback. While it is known that alteration of visual feedback can influence task performance, the underlying changes in neural drive to the muscles are not well understood. In this stu...