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Modality Effect

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The modality effect is a term from experimental psychology, used mainly in research on memory and learning, for how well a learner performs depending on the mode in which the material being studied was presented to them.

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The modality effect is the finding in memory and learning research that a learner's recall performance depends on the sensory mode, usually auditory versus visual, in which the studied material was presented, most often observed as an exaggerated recency effect for material presented aurally. 1
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    The modality effect is a term used in experimental psychology, most often in the fields dealing with memory and learning, to refer to how learner performance depends on the presentation mode of studied items.
  • lead section, phenomenon-kind classification
    The modality effect is a term used in experimental psychology, most often in the fields dealing with memory and learning, to refer to how learner performance depends on the presentation mode of studied items.
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