Abstract

PERNETT CARDENAS, Margarita. Cognitive load in the reading of hypertexts. Zona prox. [online]. 2018, n.28, pp.42-56. ISSN 2145-9444.  https://doi.org/10.14482/zp.28.9505.

This paper aims at reviewing the concept of cognitive load and explaining the important contributions of different authors to determine the effects of reading hypertext in relation to cognitive load. Also, it presents a historical review of this concept, its types and the different elements that comprise it.

Keywords : Cognitive load; hypertext theory of cognitive load; reading comprehension..

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