Which is better for measuring differences in cognitive load: a single-item or a multiple-item scale? Read our new article in JEP for more information on this interesting topic. doi.org/10.1037/edu0...

some final snippets from our summer break: at the end of August, @felixkrieglstein.bsky.social and @lukaswesenberg.bsky.social had the opportunity to present recent research results @ the #EARLI25 Conference in Graz

firstly, there is an exciting new study by @felixkrieglstein.bsky.social, @lukaswesenberg.bsky.social, Günter Daniel Rey as well as colleagues from other universities, in which they addressed the impact of first impression biases on problem-solving tasks: link.springer.com/article/10.3...

How a first impression biases cognitive load assessments: Anchoring effects in problem-solving tasks of varying element interactivity - Memory & Cognition

The anchoring effect is a cognitive bias in which people rely heavily on an initial piece of information when making judgments or decisions. Once an anchor – typically an objective numerical value – i...

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#PublicationAlert🚨 Lehrpersonen binden häufig Abschweifungen wie Fun Facts in Lernmaterialien ein, um das Interesse der Lernenden zu erhöhen. Allerdings weisen viele Studien darauf hin, dass dies den Lernerfolg eher hindert als unterstützt.

Was für ein Abschluss der vorlesungsfreien Zeit 💫 In den vergangenen beiden Tagen haben sich die Teams der verschiedenen Professuren anlässlich unseres alljährlichen Retreats intensiv über Ideen zur zukünftigen Entwicklung unseres Instituts ausgetauscht.