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-====== The Coherence Principle ====== 
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-===== Theory ===== 
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-The coherence principle (also called //seductive details//​(([[http://​www.informaworld.com/​smpp/​content~db=all~content=a783761824~frm=titlelink|Garner,​ Ruth, Mark G. Gillingham, and C . Stephen White. Effects of ‘Seductive Details’ on Macroprocessing and Microprocessing in Adults and Children. Cognition and Instruction 6, no. 1: 41. 1989.]])) effect) claims that extraneous material that may be interesting or motivating but is irrelevant for learning objectives generally wastes learning resources and **hinders learning of important material**. This assumption is grounded in the fact that human cognitive resources are limited. Still, [[learning_theories:​cognitive load theory]] predicts this effect will only occur if the cognitive load imposed by important learning material is high enough.(([[http://​www.sciencedirect.com/​science/​article/​pii/​S0747563210001263|Park,​ Babette, Roxana Moreno, Tina Seufert, and Roland Brünken. Does cognitive load moderate the seductive details effect? A multimedia study. Computers in Human Behavior 27, no. 1: 5-10. January 2011.]]))  ​ 
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-===== Practice ===== 
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-Seductive details can appear in virtually any format, but often as 
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-  * text, or 
-  * external links. 
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-A number of studies on the effect of seductive details have demonstrated:​ 
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-  * negative effects on learning of important material((For details see: [[http://​www.sciencedirect.com/​science/​article/​pii/​S0747563210001263|Park,​ Babette, Roxana Moreno, Tina Seufert, and Roland Brünken. Does cognitive load moderate the seductive details effect? A multimedia study. Computers in Human Behavior 27, no. 1: 5-10. January 2011.]])) 
-  * lack of negative effects on learning of important material.((For details see: [[http://​www.sciencedirect.com/​science/​article/​pii/​S0747563210001263|Park,​ Babette, Roxana Moreno, Tina Seufert, and Roland Brünken. Does cognitive load moderate the seductive details effect? A multimedia study. Computers in Human Behavior 27, no. 1: 5-10. January 2011.]])) 
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-Surprisingly,​ a recent study even found an large increase in learning due to seductive details.(([[http://​www.sciencedirect.com/​science/​article/​pii/​S0747563210001263|Park,​ Babette, Roxana Moreno, Tina Seufert, and Roland Brünken. Does cognitive load moderate the seductive details effect? A multimedia study. Computers in Human Behavior 27, no. 1: 5-10. January 2011.]])) Possible explanations offered for this phenomenon are: 
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-  * low cognitive load imposed by instructional material in combination with 
-      * increase in motivation (and thereby increase in use of cognitive resources) caused by seductive details 
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