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 ===== General ===== ===== General =====
  
-Dual coding is a theory of cognition introduced by [[http://​en.wikipedia.org/​wiki/​Allan_Paivio|Allan ​Pavio]] in late 1960s. This theory suggests that there are **two distinct subsystems** contributing to cognition: one is specialized **for language** and verbal information,​ and the other **for images** and non-verbal information. ​The non-verbal processor was earlier often ignored ​in favor of the verbal.+Dual coding is a theory of cognition introduced by [[http://​en.wikipedia.org/​wiki/​Allan_Paivio|Allan ​Paivio]] in late 1960s. This theory suggests that there are **two distinct subsystems** contributing to cognition: one is specialized **for language** and verbal information,​ and the other **for images** and non-verbal information. ​According to Paivio, 
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 +  * "//​Human cognition is unique ​in that it has become specialized for dealing simultaneously with language and with nonverbal objects and events.//"​(([[http://​expresslanka-ebook.blogspot.com/​2011/​02/​mental-representations-dual-coding.html|Paivio,​ Allan. Mental Representations:​ A Dual Coding Approach. Oxford University Press, 1990, p53.]]))
  
 ===== What is dual coding theory? ===== ===== What is dual coding theory? =====
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-  * "//The most general assumption in dual coding theory is that there are two classes of phenomena handled cognitively by separate subsystems, one specialized for the representation and processing of information concerning nonverbal objects and events, the other specialized for dealing with language.//"​((Paivio,​ Allan. Mental Representations:​ A Dual Coding Approach. Oxford University Press, 1990, p53.))+  * "//The most general assumption in dual coding theory is that there are two classes of phenomena handled cognitively by separate subsystems, one specialized for the representation and processing of information concerning nonverbal objects and events, the other specialized for dealing with language.//"​(([[http://​expresslanka-ebook.blogspot.com/​2011/​02/​mental-representations-dual-coding.html|Paivio, Allan. Mental Representations:​ A Dual Coding Approach. Oxford University Press, 1990, p53.]]))
  
-These two kinds of processing systems ​result in two types of stored representations:+The two mentioned ​kinds of processing systems, **verbal and non-verbal** are functionally and structurally independent. This means that each of them can work independently of the other one and that they work on different kinds of representational units. Representational units are "//​relatively stable long-term information corresponding to perceptually identifiable objects and activities, both verbal and nonverbal.//"​.(([[http://​iteach.saintleo.edu/​InstructionalDesign/​Paivio.html|Ryu,​ Jiyeon, Tingling Lai, Susan Colaric, Joanne Cawley, and Habibe Aldag. Dual Coding Theory. 2000.]])) They are divided into:
  
-  * **logogens**,​ referring to verbal entities and organized in terms of associations and hierarchies,​ and+  * **logogens**,​ referring to verbal entities ​(spoken or written words) ​and organized in terms of associations and hierarchies,​ and
   * **imagens**,​ referring to mental images and non-verbal entities and organized in terms of part-whole relationships.   * **imagens**,​ referring to mental images and non-verbal entities and organized in terms of part-whole relationships.
  
-Logogens and imagens are connected with two kinds of relations:+For example, a written or spoken word will be processed using the verbal processor and stored as a verbal representation - logogen, but a sound not related to language will be processed by the non-verbal processor and stored as a non-verbal representation - imagen. ​Logogens and imagens are connected with two kinds of connections:
  
   * **//​Referential connections//​**,​ which represent links between logogens and imagens. Referential connections enable performing operations like imaging to words and namings to pictures or images to words. For example, associations of an image of a school building or an unpleasant feeling (both non-verbal entities) elicited by the word //school// (a verbal entity).   * **//​Referential connections//​**,​ which represent links between logogens and imagens. Referential connections enable performing operations like imaging to words and namings to pictures or images to words. For example, associations of an image of a school building or an unpleasant feeling (both non-verbal entities) elicited by the word //school// (a verbal entity).
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 Both referential and associative types of connections help forming the complex networks of human memory. Both referential and associative types of connections help forming the complex networks of human memory.
  
 +Paivio also refers to the issue of problem-solving. Problem-solving is, according to Pavio, the result of joined work of both verbal and non-verbal processing, but if the task is more concrete and non-verbal, the contribution of non-verbal processing system will be more crucial to the outcome and vice-versa.
  
 ===== What is the practical meaning of dual coding theory? ===== ===== What is the practical meaning of dual coding theory? =====
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   * "//... concrete nouns are superior to abstract nouns in their capacity to elicit sensory images, and that imagery can mediate the formation of an associative connection between members of a pair.//"​(([[http://​www.sciencedirect.com/​science/​article/​pii/​S0022537165800640|Paivio,​ Allan. Abstractness,​ imagery, and meaningfulness in paired-associate learning. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior 4, no. 1: 32-38. February 1965.]]))   * "//... concrete nouns are superior to abstract nouns in their capacity to elicit sensory images, and that imagery can mediate the formation of an associative connection between members of a pair.//"​(([[http://​www.sciencedirect.com/​science/​article/​pii/​S0022537165800640|Paivio,​ Allan. Abstractness,​ imagery, and meaningfulness in paired-associate learning. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior 4, no. 1: 32-38. February 1965.]]))
  
-Pavio also addresses individual differences in tendency and capacity to use imagery:+Paivio ​also addresses individual differences in tendency and capacity to use imagery:
  
   * "//​Students who have trouble imaging , for example, may fail to remember passages of text that benefit from imaginal processing, may not understand geography or other spatial facts in a concrete way, and might do poorly at visualizing the steps in a geometric proof, spelling difficult words or even printing letters correctly.//"​   * "//​Students who have trouble imaging , for example, may fail to remember passages of text that benefit from imaginal processing, may not understand geography or other spatial facts in a concrete way, and might do poorly at visualizing the steps in a geometric proof, spelling difficult words or even printing letters correctly.//"​
 ===== Criticisms ===== ===== Criticisms =====
  
 +Common criticisms of dual coding theory suggest that there is no need for two representational systems, since both verbal and non-verbal stimuli are processed in working memory, turned to semantic elements or propositions and are stored in long-term memory. This assumption is sometimes also known as the //​single-coding theory//​.(([[http://​ro.uow.edu.au/​cgi/​viewcontent.cgi?​filename=0&​article=1518&​context=theses&​type=additional&​sei-redir=1#​search=%22Animating%20Mind%3A%20An%20Analysis%20Animation%20as%20Representational%20Mode%20Learning%22|Hewson,​ Lindsay. Animating the Mind: An Analysis of Animation as A Representational Mode for Learning. University of Wollongong, 2002.]])) ​  
 ===== Keywords and most important names ===== ===== Keywords and most important names =====
  
 +  * [[http://​en.wikipedia.org/​wiki/​Allan_Paivio|Allan Paivio]] 
 +  * **Dual coding theory**, **verbal and non-verbal system**, **logogen**,​ **imagen**, **referential connections**,​ **associative connections**
 ===== Bibliography ===== ===== Bibliography =====
  
 [[http://​expresslanka-ebook.blogspot.com/​2011/​02/​mental-representations-dual-coding.html|Paivio,​ Allan. Mental Representations:​ A Dual Coding Approach. Oxford University Press, 1990.]] [[http://​expresslanka-ebook.blogspot.com/​2011/​02/​mental-representations-dual-coding.html|Paivio,​ Allan. Mental Representations:​ A Dual Coding Approach. Oxford University Press, 1990.]]
  
 +[[http://​iteach.saintleo.edu/​InstructionalDesign/​Paivio.html|Ryu,​ Jiyeon, Tingling Lai, Susan Colaric, Joanne Cawley, and Habibe Aldag. Dual Coding Theory. 2000.]]
 ===== Read more ===== ===== Read more =====
  
 Paivio, Allan. Imagery and verbal processes. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. New York, 1971. Paivio, Allan. Imagery and verbal processes. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. New York, 1971.
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