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Kock, Ned; Chatelain-Jardón, Ruth; Carmona, Jesus – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2009
It seems that surprise events have the potential to turn short-term memories into long-term memories, an unusual phenomenon that may have limited but interesting applications in learning tasks. This surprise-enhanced cognition phenomenon is theoretically modeled based on the notion that many human mental traits have evolved through natural…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Man Machine Systems, Interaction, Computer Interfaces